# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Clyl6LaIAKE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73498229-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b08cf8b05d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-12-05T15:00:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

Bath time 🛁

The tongues of leopards (Panthera pardus) are covered with tiny barbs or hooks, giving them a rough texture. These hooks help them to groom their own coat as well as the coats of others, an activity which helps leopards to bond.

#EarthCapture by yswildlifephotography
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#BBCEarth #Leopards #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #AmazingAnimals

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bbcearth, amazinganimals, wildlifephotography, leopards, earthcapture, wildlife

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