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Excerpt from Martin's Natural History
The figure of the head varies in different species; the senses of seeing and hearing are. Acute; some possess that of smell in a high degree, as they are attracted by strongly odorous bodies at a considerable distance. The sense of taste, on the other hand, is not well developed, as the tongue is often osseous, and furnished with teeth. Their whole bodies are covered with scales, or a parch ment-like skin; therefore the sense of touch is not very acute; there may be some, having ?eshy projections from their months, that form an exception; these are called the beard, and serve as feelers for greping about in the mud after worms, etc. Their teeth are of a peculiar form, exhibiting no difference as cutting, canine.
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