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Bleps look fine right? Like they aren't in pain and live pretty normal lives
But, if we are thinking realistically, they are probably not doing the best...
(Math class thoughts lol)

They are probably prone to a lot of bacteria and infection, their tongues are overgrown, not allowing their whole tongue to be in their mouths at once. It mostly hangs out of their mouth (as shown, duh)

So it gets a lot of outside air, were lots of bacteria can just, hop on. When they put it back in their mouths for a second, all that gets into their systems

If they get any cuts, stings, bites, things like that, it is almost sure to get infected, that's not good and probably hurts.
Their tongues would also probably get dried out, they cant keep it in their mouths for long, it's more of a quick slurp then done

It could also start to swell or If an infection got very bad, it could start to rot. This I would assume would imense amounts of pain, make the lions very sick, and probably stop the Lion from being able to eat

It could also get frostbite, also ouchies

And what if they got into a fight?
If their tongue gets caught in a claw or tooth, that's most likely gonna rip, bleed, and cause some pretty bad damage, also probably leading to infection

They also get all that yucky dust and dirt on it

They must bite their tongues while they eat, how do they eat?!
It could also be an issue with hunting, I know it doesn't seem like that but I mean, they have to worry about biting it or getting it stuck on smth

I could see overgrown tongues not being able to nurse or feed properly, many probably wouldn't make it to adulthood, or even Adolescent Hood due to malnutrition

If they do make it to adulthood, their tongues, or at least the outside part could grow tougher and more adapted to what it experiences


Uhmm...
Yeah!
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