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In article <1992Dec16.075442.8988@leland.Stanford.EDU>, ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes:
|> Hey, anybody know if any dinosaurs are thought to have forked tongues
|> like the Komodo dragon?
|> 
It is hard to know for sure, since tongues do not fossilize.

However, the approach I use in such cases is a special application of comparative
anatomy.  Dinosaurs are related on one side to alligators and crocodiles, and
on the other side to birds.  So, if both birds and crocs show some soft anatomy
feature, I tend to assume dinosaurs had it as well unless there is reason to
believe otherwise.

So, you question boils down to "do birds and crocodiles have forked tongues?"

I do not know for sure (my anatomy books are not available), but I suspect *not*.

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