Spotten hyena has a cat’s tongue with backward facing spines

Published May 1, 2020 at × in Hyena has a cat’s tongue (picture)
Spotten hyena has a cat's tongue with backward facing spines

Spotten hyena has a cat’s tongue with backward facing spines

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Dogs don’t have these spines on their tongue. In the hyena they are for shreding flesh from the bones of prey (and grooming?).