Slanted Science

Monday mornings: a time for quietly contemplating the upcoming week’s trials and tribulations, then deciding to do nothing about them until Tuesday.

And, in our opinion, a great time for pictures of tongues. Here’s this week’s: a goose tongue, sporting an array of what look like teeth along its outer edges.

Real or fake? Find out in a moment…

We don’t know what species of goose this is – if you do, then leave a note in the comments box – but it is a genuine, unaltered photo. Those serrations along his tongue aren’t teeth, but just gristly barbs which assist in the gathering of grasses and other plants.