Frog Tongues Act Like Sticky Tape

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Fast-flicking frog tongues are a biological high-speed adhesive system. They stick immediately to different sorts of surfaces and capture quick, distant, and often tiny prey at rapid velocities. Now, using high-speed recordings, researchers reveal that the frog tongue is basically a muscle-powered adhesive tape. The work was published in Royal Society Open Science this week.