Tag Archives: biomechanics
THAT CHAMELEON TONGUE THING
October 2007 Could you pick up a 10-kilo piece of steak with your tongue? A chameleon can do just that (or the equivalent thereof). Their tongue appears to create a suction cup just as it blobs onto the hapless victim. Video of chameleon … Continue reading
ARMOURED FISH WITH A BIG BITE
Reconstruction of a 400 MYR old armoured fish shows quite what a massive bite it had. BBC news summary here; open access original article from Biology Letters here.
