Frog spit might be some of the catchiest spit on the planet. That's according to new research on frog saliva, which shows that the sticky stuff is tailor-made to grab bugs. It helps to explain how ...
Frog tongues are super soft and wrap around their prey while secreting a sticky spit that changes consistency. Alexis Noel of Georgia Tech tells NPR's Scott Simon how she studied the amphibians. The ...
The spit a five-year-old child produces in a single day, according to one estimate, could fill a 16-ounce soda cup.) Where we have salivary glands, the frog tongue itself produces spit. Even when you ...
Current Biology/Sugiura et al. Defense of a male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) against a tree frog (Dryophytes japonica) A male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) visiting a Cayratia japonica flower ...
The frog shoots its tongue out in the blink of an eye to trap its prey - thwack (ph) - how does that tongue actually work? Alexis C. Noel, who's a biomechanics Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, has ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback