Cat Got Your Tongue?
Not likely with a tongue like this!
Great blue heron fledgling licking his lips, erm bill.
This week, Ben and WordPress challenged us to show you TONGUE. The photo here shows a great blue heron fledgling licking his lips, erm licking his bill after downing a small fish.
As you can see, a heron’s tongue is as long as their very long bill, and…
Oh, wait, not what Ben meant by showing tongue?
As dear Emily Litella used to say on the original SNL, “Nevermind.”
What Ben actually meant was for us to speak about what language we would wish to be fluent in.
I would choose to be fluent in “Heron,” and have already learned three words from their vocabulary:
Frawhnk
Gooooh
Arrrrh, arrrrh, arrrrh
I wrote about learning arrrrh earlier, click here.
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Thanks to Ben Huberman and WordPress for the Daily Prompt: TONGUE.
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Great Blue Heron, Fledgling
Posted on February 10, 2014, in ardea herodias, Art, Birds, daily prompt, Great Blue Heron, Humor, Nature, Photography, postaday, Wildlife Photography and tagged great blue heron, postaday. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
Babsje Heron 
That’s so neat! I’d never actually thought of the logistics of herons having tongues, and I’m pretty certain that this is something I’d never have seen had you not posted a photo. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi Anna, thanks for visiting and for your thoughtful comment! It’s pretty interesting to watch a heron lick his lips after eating, a big slurping movement along both sides of the bill. It was a surprise to me the first time I witnessed it, and I think it’s delightful and funny to see.
Delightful. I think I’d like to learn Heron, too!
Thanks, I’d imagine you could get quite fluent!
Perhaps I need to get me a kayak?
Maybe, depends on your waterways and weather and gear and skill level, so you don’t end up with a wet camera. Takes practice but I like it!
I suspect the years I’ve accumulated might be the biggest obstacle at this point, but I do love what you capture for the rest of us…. 🙂
Years are no obstacle, but thanks for the kind compliment. It’s a low-impact sport. 🙂
They do have super long tongues. Great shot!
Glad you like it, thanks Phil!
lol! I had no idea it was that thin:-)
Nor did I, until I captured it with the camera several times, its a very unique tongue! Glad you found it interesting!
Quite a rare capture… 🙂
So glad you like this one, thanks for your kind words!
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