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.
Black rat snakes are about 1 foot long as hatchlings and about 4 to 6 feet long as adults. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Black rat snakes exhibit color patterns and behaviors that change over the courses of their lives. Observing these changes is one enjoyable aspect of keeping black rat snakes as pets.