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chameleon

  • Scientists have discovered a prehistoric animal that had a tongue just like a chameleon. (Sharp Photography, Wikimedia Commons)
    The Oldest Ballistic Tongue
    Paul Patton
    Part of the appeal of chameleons lies in their ability to fire their long sticky tongues out of their mouths to capture insects to eat. Scientists recently discovered an animal from 99 millions years that had the same kind of tongue.