. Statesman, Salem, Ore Menu Dec 21, 1953 (Sec 1) 3
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So . .
By Eugene Burns
Ranger-Naturalist
Consider the tongue, most won
derful of organs.
The cow, without upper teeth,
pulls off grass with it.
The dog sweats with his tongue
nd thereby reduces his body
. temperature.
The parrot uses his soft tongue
for talking splitting a bird's
tongue is senseless.
The humming bird uses his for
tucking Aip nectar.
The fish, with reversed hinged .
teeth, for holding his prey. j
The snail, with thousands of
tiny sharp teeth, for scraping off
vegetable matter.
The bat, flying back and forth
over a still pool for scooping up
tiny mouthfuls of water.
Snake's Tongue Amazing
The chameleon for . . . but wait -Although
the chameleon's body
may be but seven inches long,
when a fly settles down 12 inches
way, that fly will suddenly find
- itself fast on the tip of the cha
meleon's flexible tongue which
has shot way out like a rubber
band, without a movement of its
head, almost twice the length of
its body.
But even more amazing, it
consists of two black cylinders
held closely together at the base
but separated toward the tips to
produce a forked effect. Doubling
the tips, of course, increases its
sensitivity.
Sensitive as it may be, that still
would count for littlevif it did not
keep flicking that evil-seeming
though harmless organ in and out
at a furious rate.
Why? Because in the roof of
the mouth some snakes have pits
'in which the forked tongue ends
fit, called Jacobson's organ. These
pits contain quantities of nerve
endings, presumably to pick up
messages and relay them. And as
the tongue flicks back, it may
discharge into these pit receptors
the latest information.
As a result, the snake has no
ears it doesn't need them. This
sensitive tongue has taken over
the function of alerting for prey
or warning of predators.
Does Work of Eyes
Most snake eyes are weak, too
and again, the long flicking
tongue seems to have taken over
much of the work of the eyes.
For example, bind the snake's
eyes with adhesive tape and the
snake will still continue to pick
up the slightest sounds with its
tongue and veer toward the direc
tion from which the sound came.
So, as this delicate forked
tongue is flicking in and out,
our snake is experiencing . . .
well, what? Perhaps- temperature
changes. Perhaps scent Perhaps
taste. Perhaps sight Perhaps
hearing. Perhaps feeling. Perhaps
a combination of all these which
we dullards can't even compre
hend. But one thing, sure, the snake
cannot use its complex organ for
tongue lashing. That prerogative
is reserved for us humans.
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Mossadegh
Ends Defense
With Tears
TEHRAN, Iran (JO Mohammed
Mossadegh closed his defense Sat
urday night with a tearful plea for
Iranian neutrality between East
and West and an oil-less economy.
The former Premier, ousted in a
coup last summer by Fazollah Za
hedi, is on trial on a charge of
treason. The proceedings have
been dragging on for 34 days and
will resume Sunday.
In a weak, weeping voice, the
aged Mossadegh declared:
"In my opinion we practically
are a member of the Western bloc,
but must not officially be so.
"Geographically it is advisable
that Iran keep her neutrality be
cause in the case of the outbreak
of another world war the Western
bloc will not be able to help Iran
with troops.
"If war breaks out and they
want to violate Iran's independ
ence, whether we are a member of
the Western bloc or become one
after the outbreak, the result is
the same. If we are not attacked
Iran's neutrality would be of bene
fit, to herself as well as the eastern
- and western blocs."
"Neither the Eastern nor the
Western bloc pays any attention
to the interests of small nations,"
be added.
He said Iran should develop her
economy independently of the oil
resources in her ground because'
exploitation inevitably means in
terference by big nations in the
affairs of smalt ones.
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