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The tiger’s tongue is covered with numerous small, sharp, rear-facing projections called papillae. These papillae gives the tongue its rough texture, which is designed to help strip feathers, fur and meat from prey.

I was a brilliant student growing up…not actually smart, but smarter than the system, so I would come home with my homework already completed (done in class while the teacher was instructing everyone else how to do the work) so I had hours where I would just wander with my camera, taking photos of anything that caught my eye. 

I really had no real concept of photography back then, but I still had a natural eye for decent lighting and composition, and that was more than enough for me to start with.