A quick chameleon snack
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This unsuspecting grasshopper didn’t stand a chance against the elastic grasp of the Parson’s chameleon’s tongue. Much like the drawing of a bow and arrow, the stretchy tissue of a chameleon’s tongue is retracted by tubular muscles in the throat and released, propelling the tongue forward. A chameleon’s tongue can be fired at up to 60 miles per hour in a fraction of a second.