Throughout the animal kingdom, tongues are used for a wide range of purposes like communicating eating and cleaning.

But as with everything in nature, there's always a dark side,

whether it's using those tongues as brutal bullets, spiky shredding devices, or even venom-filled killing machines.

With that said, here are the animals that you should never allow to lick you.

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For most of us being licked by a dog is enough to make our heart melt, regardless of their

bad breath and stringy slobber. However, for some dog owners, their pup's lick comes with

something much worse. Back in 2019, Marie Traynor felt unwell after returning from a vacation

in the Caribbean. At first, she thought she had the flu, but after developing a fever, nausea, and backache, she went to the Caribbean. At first she thought she had the flu, but after developing a

fever, nausea, and backache, she went to the hospital. Soon after arriving, her condition

rapidly deteriorated. She became unconscious and was put into a medically induced coma. Her

arms and legs horrifyingly turned purple as gangrene set in, cutting off the blood

supply to her limbs. The doctors were baffled. Initially, they thought she had a travel-related illness,

but seven days later they made the shocking discovery of the true cause of her condition.

It wasn't a tropical disease, but rather it had come from her dog licking a cut on her arm.

Harmless as it may seem, the saliva of most dogs contains a bacteria called capnocytophagia cannymorses.

This bacterium normally spreads through bites, but sometimes all it takes is an innocent lick on an open wound for transmission to take place.

To prevent the deadly infection from spreading doctors removed the affected areas from trainer's body,

unfortunately this meant amputating her arms and legs.

Luckily, capnocytophage isn't usually this dangerous to humans.

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