Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Reversible saliva allows frogs to hang on to next meal

02/07/2017 02:17 PM EST

a northern leopard frog catches a cricket

A Georgia Institute of Technology study says a frog tongue's stickiness is caused by a reversible saliva in combination with a super soft tongue. A frog's saliva is thick and sticky during prey capture, then turns thin and watery as prey is removed inside the mouth.


Full story at http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/01/31/reversible-saliva-allows-frogs-hang-next-meal

Source
Georgia Institute of Technology


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