The anatomy of a frog's tongue - Zoology

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by Liomas Thomas

Back to front- a frog's tongue is fastened in the front, not the back and is folded backward to the throat. It shoots out with a speed truly beautiful to behold, hits the fly, and zips in. And of course, in the cartoons, ...read more
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by Lee Gee

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 si...read more

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by Henry Jinman

Have you ever seen a frog catch a fly? It flicks its tongue out and at high speed like the crack of a whip, the fly appears to have disappeared and the frog appears to be swallowing. Don't blink or you'll miss it. So ho...read more
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by Angela S. Young

Sometimes humans tongues are long enough to touch the tip of their nose, but most of us only have a couple inches of tongue that can stick out of our mouth. Imagine having a tongue that is so long, it can reach out and cat...read more
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by Shelly Mcrae

The frog has a sticky tongue that folds backwards, toward its throat. The frog can whip this sticky muscle out of its mouth, snap up a fly and gulp it down before the fly even knows it isn't flying anymore. How does this ...read more

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