«Lamprey are eel - like parasites that use their tooth - like organs and
raspy tongue to latch onto fish and suck out the blood, while hagfish scavenge by taking bites out of dead matter,» he says.
Cats lick at their itchy skin and because of
their raspy tongues are able to break off their fur.
Not exact matches
But when a cat's self - licking passes from a normal grooming behavior to an obsession, their unique
raspy feline
tongue rapidly causes hair loss, skin abrasion (damage) and secondary infections.
Thirst, shivering, headache, nausea, high body temperature, sweating, irritability, sluggish,
raspy voice and red
tongue are some signs of oncoming heat stroke.