The Mechanics of a Frog's Tongue
By kingsnake.com · October 14, 2015 12:01 am
Photo: A photo obtained from the Christian-Albrechts-Universitat of Kiel shows a South-American horned frog (genus Ceratophrys), waiting for its prey Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-super-sticky-frog-scientists-tongue-tied.html#jCp It was previously thought that a frog's tongue got it's stickiness from the saliva, but recent research suggests something completely different.
"The experimental data shows that frog tongues can be best compared to pressure-sensitive adhesives that are of common technical use as adhesive tapes or labels," according to the study published in the journal Scientific Reports.Read more on this study at Phys.org.
