Mischievous small boys in comics who fire toy arrows with suction cup ends at the bald heads of middle-aged park keepers have a lot in common with chameleons, says Henry Gee.
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Herrel,A., Meyers, J. J., Aerts, P. & Nishikawa, K. C. The mechanics of prey prehension in chameleons, Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 3255 - 3263 2000.
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Gee, H. On the tip of a chameleon's tongue. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001019-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news001019-3