Chameleons are early risers
March9
It turns out that chameleons’ tongues give them a natural advantage over other lizards.
Their tongues work roughly like a cross between a catapult and an collapsable fishing pole. This means that they don’t use their muscles to launch the tongue, but they use them when reeling it back in.
This is significant because lizards are slow and sluggish when cold because their muscles are less effective. Not the chameleons tongue though, so he can get a late or early snack just as easily as at noon.
You can read the full article here:
www.newscientist.com
And here’s more on the workings of the tongue:
www.nationalgeographic.com
Cheers!
//The Dude
