Evidence for an elastic projection mechanism in the chameleon tongue

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1540, 2004, Pages 761-770

  De Groot, Jurriaan H ^a   Van Leeuwen, Johan L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catapult; Chameleon; Elastic energy; Power output; Projection mechanism; Tongue

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEO MELLERI; CHAMAELEO PARDALIS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1842607544     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2637     Document Type: Article

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