Quote Originally Posted by Hock3ymonk3y View Post
I have never heard of it but I wouldn't be surprised if it was possible. After all, in Asia, they found a snake with a limb! All kinds of crazy defects can happen!
Can I get a link for that? I've never heard of that and can't find it on google

Quote Originally Posted by zues View Post
I have a two year old albino male ball that doesn't have a tongue. He only eats ASF's but I'm not sure that has anything to do with the tongue. He is about 900 grams and has no problems. I took him to a herp vet when he was younger and was told that as long as he eats and grows not to worry about it.


<--- That's him.


Snakes have nostrils. The tongue is just a PART of the olfactory system, it may be the key player, zues gives us evidence that the snake does not rely solely on on this for sensing scents.