How frogs' tongues become sticky
Research team investigates the surface chemistry of the frog sticky-tongue mechanism
29-Nov-2018 -
Frogs' capture their preywiththestickymucuscoveringtheir tongues, but this mucusisn't inherently adhesive.Frogmucus is thought to be pressure-sensitive, with tongue retraction strain triggering adhesion. A research team from Oregan State University, Aarhus University and Kiel University ...
sum frequency spectroscopy
surface chemistry