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In article <1ibk15INN9p4@shelley.u.washington.edu>, adrian@stein.u.washington.edu (Adrian Mariano) writes:
|> A friend of mine has heard many times that buffalo tongues are
|> extremely rough.  Supposedly, if they lick human skin, they will rip
|> it off.  

I suspect that this is rather exagerated.  It is quite possible that the tongue is
sufficiently rough to cause pain when a human is licked, but I doubt it is much
rougher than that.

|> He might have been referring to bison rather than buffalo.  

Almost certainly that is what he meant - unless he lives in Asia or Africa.

|> Does anyone know if this is true?  I'd like some references about
|> this, and why they do or do not have rough tongues.

As I remember it things, even cows have rough tongues.  I suspect it is related
to the way they eat.

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