The giraffe's prehensile tongue is about 50 cm (20 in) long. It is purplish-black in colour, perhaps to protect against sunburn, and is useful for grasping foliage, as well as for grooming and cleaning the animal's nose. The upper lip of the giraffe is also prehensile and useful when foraging.
This common species, often referred to as the âchicken snake,â occurs across all of Tennessee. Description: A large snake (42.0 to 72.0 inches in length) with a variable color pattern. Dorsal color is usually black spackled with bits of white between scales and having a light throat. Some specimens may be gray with blotches of brown or darker gray on back. Scales are slightly keeled.
Brown Snakes are brown, grayish brown,or tan in color, with two parallel rows of spots along the length of their backs. Between these two rows of spots the background color is typically lighter than on the rest of the body. This coloration makes them very difficult to see.