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This article was originally published with the title «Cold Snap: A Secret of The Chameleons Tongue Revealed»
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Anderson wanted to find the upper limit of chameleon tongue performance.
Not exact matches
To find out why, Christopher Anderson and Stephen Deban of the University of South Florida tested chameleons under different conditions, discovering that if temperatures dropped 10 degrees Celsius, tongue snaps slowed only by about 10 to 19 percent.
Chameleons are known for sticking their tongues out at the world fast and far, but until a new study by Brown University biologist Christopher Anderson, the true extent of this awesome capability had been largely overlooked.
The secret of chameleons is that they don't just use spontaneous muscle power to fling their tongues.
By unfurling their wide - tipped tongues and releasing their natural glue, chameleons have the luxury of being able to pick from a wide selection of prey ranging from tiny insects to the occasional bird, lizard, or mammal.
Despite its genetic detriments — considerable dimensions, high center of gravity, substantial weight — the Urus hugs the road like a salamander climbing up a sheet of glass, it juggles power and torque like an orangutan brachiating between trees, its responses are as sharp as a chameleon's tongue, and it decelerates like a serpent recoiling from an attack.
It turns in with the agility of a chameleon's tongue, and it hangs on like a lizard to a vertical wall — until it eventually whips its tail like an angry croc.
«Green iguanas and some species of chameleons are different kinds of lizards commonly seen in the pet trade; also popular in the pet trade are bearded dragons, leopard geckos, crested geckos, blue - tongued skinks, monitor lizards and Chinese water dragons to name a few,» she explains.
One more note: most species of chameleons rarely venture out of the trees and can muss up their tongues if they are shooting at and catching insects at the bottom of a bedded tank.
New research shows that the tongue of itty - bitty chameleon, Rhampholeon spinosus, displays the highest acceleration of any reptile, bird, or mammal!