A SOUTH American frog has a tongue so sticky it can generate pulling forces three times the animal’s own bodyweight, scientists reported last week.
The amphibian with the lingual power is the horned frog, Ceratophrys in Latin, which is famous for grabbing outsized prey like snakes, lizards, crabs and rodents.
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