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World Service,1 min

The bear with the giant tongue

The Newsroom

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A bear has had three kilograms of its tongue removed by vets in an operation in Myanmar. Nyan htoo was a rescued animal with a tongue so large that it dragged on the ground. One of the vets, Heather Bacon from Edinburgh University, spoke to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. Picture: The bear, Nyan htoo, after the operation, Credit: The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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