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Jan. 4th, 2019

Giraffe (UV)_29

Giraffes have dark-coloured tongues. The classic explanation of this is that it protects against sunburn.

In ultraviolet, their tongues are bright white, likely for the same reason.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

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