#Repost @tiffieldtwins2 ・・・ @Regrann from @mikefellsafaris - Tongues that can smell. Snakes use their tongues for collecting chemicals from the air and ground. The tongue does not have receptors to taste or smell. Instead, these receptors are in the Jacobson’s Organ, which is in the roof of the mouth. Once inside the Jacobson’s Organ, different chemicals evoke different electrical signals which are relayed to the brain. Videoed is a Bush viper (Atheris squamigera) in Cameroon. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Serpent Medicine bestows the power to transmute the self, to ‘shed the skin’ of what no longer serves and to fuse layers of our reality into wholeness. Through the process of life we can become fragmented, often letting parts of ourselves fall dormant as we deal with the necessities of survival. When our ‘self’ is fragmented, our power is fragmented and we may suffer from scattered thinking, lack of energy, poor timing or inability to move forward. Even when the focus has been on spiritual growth or healing, there are often aspects of the self which must be reintegrated to bring the whole self into alignment. ------------------------------ @conservationorg @natgeo @natgeocreative @nature_africa @nikonusa #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #nikond5 #nikond500 #500px #nikonkeymission #africa #conservation #naturegeography #wildgeography #safari #wildlife #wildlifeplanet #conservation #natureisspeaking #planetearth #photooftheday #nikonyes #photojounalism @instagram #instagram #beetlecam #myrrs @nature.geography @nikon @wildgeography #yourshotphotographer #wildaid #gopro @wildaid @mikefellsafaris #animallover