What Makes This Frog's Tongue So Fast AND Sticky?

What Makes This Frog's Tongue So Fast AND Sticky? | Deep Look

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Жыл бұрын

How are frogs and toads so amazing at catching bugs? They smack ’em with a supersoft tongue covered in special spit, which flows into every nook and cranny of their target. Then, in less than a second, that spit transforms into a tacky glue, yanking the meal back into the toad’s maw.
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Toads nab their prey 5 times faster than the blink of an eye. How do they do it? They pop their lower jaw open, and launch their supersoft tongue at their meal, enveloping their prey. When their unique saliva hits prey at a high speed, it thins out dramatically, pouring into every nook and cranny the tongue touches. Then it becomes sticky again, drawing that meal down the hatch.
---+ How does a toad get insects OFF its tongue?
Scientists at the University of Florida put tiny metal markers on cane toads’ tongues and filmed X-ray footage of them eating to see where that tongue went after the toad mouth closed. They found that the toad basically swallows its own tongue in order to scrape off its prey with a rigid piece of cartilage called a hyoid. See more images from their work here:
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---+ How does a toad catch prey?
It’s a combo of that super-soft tongue that helps envelop prey … and some very special spit. A toad’s saliva starts off thick and sticky. but when the saliva hits prey at a high speed, it thins out dramatically, pouring into every nook and cranny the tongue touches.
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So frog saliva is essentially a non-Newtonian fluid, fascinating 😊

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I wonder if they can feel the bugs moving inside their stomach at first. 😳

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I was hoping to see the toad spit out the legs.

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Last 5 seconds with the caterpillar was the best part! 😮

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Oh, Laura, I'm sure you know telling a toad to pick a smaller meal is a fool's errand. Was quite a surprise to see that one give up on the caterpillar, though!

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The caterpillar had a huge stinger on the end of it 😵

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...like a toad's tongue!

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Those are some well fed toads.

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The last scene is the bite of 87

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Wow, super fascinating! Nature’s solutions are always incredible.

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Posted 5 minutes ago?? Cool lol, very interesting video and fun writing I thought toads and frogs were considered separate before rather than a toad is a kind of frog

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Hah most of us were taught that. It was a surprise to learn otherwise!

@kurikoshika6773 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I found a big toad on stairs, so I picked it up and put it in to nearby bushes. I don't want the toad being harmed

@footfault1941 Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis as usual! Shape & length of the tongue is one thing, sticky substance (saliva) is a crucial element. So far, that's fine. If so effectively sticky, how to detach a prey is an immediate question to be answered! Take a simple look at the footage! Done!

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I can already hear the Yoshi Tongue Sound whenever a Toad stretches it's Tongue.

@clippedwings225 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if frogs ever accidentally bite their own tongues.

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Nope they dont have teeth . Except african bull frog

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The frog princess. Passionate kisses are hers! It's indeed a nice, useful, say, magic hand with a flex glue-like coating. That's the key, isn't it? Instead of waiting for a prey coming pretty close, it's a handy mechanism evolution elaborated for those cute creatures. Every part of body could be a target of transformation!

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This past weekend I actually visited a pond full of mating toads. First time me witnessing this

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@toby070 Жыл бұрын

You are constantly being filmed yet you have all this food coming right at you. I say that toad's having a great deal!

@toby070 Жыл бұрын

What I find fascinating is that, while cartoons use chameleon-like tongues, a Toad's tongue actually unravels like a duvet - or rather a red-carpet to doom.

@KQEDDeepLook Жыл бұрын

Yes, it flips out when the jaw snaps open.

@jawwadmirza3447 Жыл бұрын

Thats not fair. You gave the poor fellow a toy to eat. He almost died swallowing it

@snapcracklebop Жыл бұрын

ah, to be a little green frog sitting on a grass field catching small little bugs into my mouth with my tongue

@BeanThePotato Жыл бұрын

Oh my what happened to the caterpillar in the last 10 seconds of the video? 😮

@Ella35222 Жыл бұрын

That’s hilarious, how the road at the end backed away after he spit out the caterpillar

@fifthavenue2105 Жыл бұрын

Does the cricket stay alive in the frogs stomach until it’s digested by the stomach fluids?

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great video!

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Thanks!

@Guydude777 Жыл бұрын

Even when it's such a mundane animal, I learn something new. Fantastic!

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Cheers!

@bari2883 Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand how you call frogs mundane. They’re fascinating with many amazing facts.

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I really needed to see a toad swallow a caterpillar and hork it back up. Thank you, my life is complete now.

@acac7353 Жыл бұрын

Viscoso, pero delicioso!

@VilcxjoVakero Жыл бұрын

Are there applications of toad spit in baking?

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YEAH thanks for the shoutout!!!

@rottenroads1982 Жыл бұрын

Well, looks like Jiminy Cricket meets his fate at the hands of Science, Nature, and one hungry Toad.

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@ReadingFir108 11 ай бұрын

the insects look so helpless it's funny

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Toad tongues are terrifically talented!

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Agree 100%

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But all things considered, best science channel.

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Thanks!

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WOW! Thanks so much for your incredible support. :-)

@oye4103 Жыл бұрын

muscleman: you know who else is fast and sticky?

@FusionDeveloper Жыл бұрын

Thanks

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would love to see y’all talk about rabbits! 🙌🏽

@kyuutatsu Жыл бұрын

These videos are better by far than your shorts.

@Xinevlin Жыл бұрын

Which one is the fastest Toad or chameleon?.. And what is the difference between them?

@CeeJMantis Жыл бұрын

Chameleons have bones in their tongues!

@lusilvareceitas Жыл бұрын

Muito bom vídeo sobre sapos, gostei muito da explicação 👏👏👍🏻

@pacoramon9468 Жыл бұрын

Why bugs just walk in front of the toad mouth.

@timeimp Жыл бұрын

Note to self: remain afraid of roads

@stinkyyyyynub 6 ай бұрын

Would it be possible for the tongue to get stuck in it's stomach? Or like, for the toad to actually completely swallow it's own tongue?

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@Lemo619678 5 ай бұрын

Tell me you have no gag reflex Frog: swallows its own tongue 😂😅

@solsol9515 Жыл бұрын

Frog sisters this is your mindset

@user-ve5qq5wp6j Жыл бұрын

softest tounge catching grasshoper which has thorny legs

@NancyLebovitz Жыл бұрын

So that sticky tongue gets into contact with the ground. Does it pick up grit and cruft? Does the toad have a way of not getting sick? I feel like my hyoid is structurally useful, but just doesn't have as much value as a tool.

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Super 😊

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@huldu Жыл бұрын

Being eaten alive by a toad or a frog has to be one of the worst ways to go. They don't chew or anything, you're probably still alive for a while in their stomach? Scary. I had toads as pets when I was young and I remember one eating a maggot or whatever it was. But it pooped one out and it was still alive, how was that even possible? It can't have been. Must have been something else...

@Hellefleur Жыл бұрын

3:10 People who never learned to swallow pills...

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@maxscott3007 Жыл бұрын

What unit do scientists use for tongue softness?

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I make a lot of puns, or so I've been toad. 😁

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@halonothing1 Жыл бұрын

I've always wondered how frogs defend themselves from predators. I know that all toad species secrete venom from glands behind their eyes, and that some frogs have teeth or claws. But in a fight with a predator like say, a cat, what sort of defenses does a frog have that would let it stand a chance? And not the venomous frogs, just a regular tree frog or something. I get the feeling they secrete some bad tasting substances. But I don't know what else a frog could do against a serious predator.