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Ntl Geo News: "Catapults" Give Chameleon Tongues Superspeed, Study Says

May 20, 2004 08:36 AM

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 19 May 04 "Catapults" Give Chameleon Tongues Superspeed, Study Says (Bijal P. Trivedi)
Chameleons have an uncanny ability to shoot their long sticky tongues out of their mouths at mind-numbing speeds to catch fast-moving prey. But exactly how they propel their tongues with such power has never been convincingly explained.

Rest of story at link - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0519_040519_tvchameleons.html
"Catapults" Give Chameleon Tongues Superspeed, Study Says

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