1 Program Levels: Bachelor's, master's and doctorate. 2  Program Specializations: Options include ecology and wildlife sciences. 3  Program Length: A bachelor's normally takes 4 years.  Other Requirements: At the graduate level, practicums and thesis projects must be completed for graduation.
BananaStock/BananaStock/Getty Images. Lizards puff their necks for a number of reasons. Whether they're trying to get attention from you or a or to intimidate another lizard, it's a normal part of lizard behavior. Learning why lizards puff their necks can help you better care for your pet.
(Hint: itâs not just about smelling). Figure 1. Illustration of the externally visible landmarks which were digitized: the right tip of the tongue, the left tip of the tongue, the point of bifurcation of the fork, the midtongue, and the posteriormost visible point of the tongue. It has long been thought that snakes flick their tongues in order to âsmellâ their environments. However, is this the only reason for the seemingly-constant snake tonguing? To see what else snakes might be up to with all that lingual action, these biologists recorded snake tongues with four high-speed video cameras and reconstructed a 3D model of the tongue in motion. This detailed investigation revealed that the snakes actually perform two types of tongue flick: one for smelling things in the air, and another that seems optimized for tasting objects on the ground. The function of oscillatory tongue-flicks in snakes: insights from kinematics of tongue-flicking in the banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata).