Do rattlesnakes smell with the roof of their mouth?

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2026-02-16 06:10

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Sort of. All snakes, not just rattlesnakes, and some lizards have a Jacobson's organ on the roof of the mouth. Reptiles with this trait flick the tongue out to gather scents and then flick them into the Jacobson's organ.

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