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545. Why do Giraffe's have purple tongues?

The color of a giraffe's tongue is described as black, blue or purple with a pink base.
A giraffe's tongue hasmelanin (same pigment that turns your skin dark when you get suntanned). Their dark tongues have more melanin, which protects them from getting sunburned.
 
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