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The tongue of a frog is slightly forked but not to the same degree as a snake. The tongue is slightly sticky to assist it in the catching of its food, flies, worms and other insects.

When inside its mouth the tongue sits in a partial curl but more of a folded type position, contrary to the popular belief that it is curled like a roll of carpet.

From the folded position the frog throws its sticky tongue at its prey, much in the same way you would cast a fishing line. Its hunting is much like our fishing because like us the frog then has to reel its tongue back, drawing the similarity to fishing.

The frogs tongue is different to ours because of several points:

1 - Proportionally much longer.

2 - Slightly sticky.

3 - Has a slight forking to the end of it.

4 - It sits in a curled position when inside the mouth.

5 - The tongue in attached at the front of the mouth instead of the rear.

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