tongue
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Doctors Report Unsettling Case of Man With Green, Fuzzy Tongue
A man and his mouth got into a hairy situation, according to his doctors. The man developed a fuzzy and starkly green discoloration of his tongue. Thankfully, this condition is usually benign, and his tongue eventually returned to normal. The strange case was detailed earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The…
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Slow-Motion Video Shows A Chameleon Shoot Out Its Superpower Tongue
A chameleon’s tongue is nearly two times the length of its body and it can shoot out that slimy sticky thing at 41 G, roughly four times the maximum acceleration of a fighter jet, with deadly quick accuracy: its tongue can reach its prey in 0.07 seconds. Basically, it’s an insane, superpower-like weapon to have.
