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Why Does A Frog Smell
Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans, frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue, which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken out of the original frog. When a frog spots its prey, it would have its tongue slap the bug since its tongue would deform and wrap around the prey, and in result cause the spit to turn into a liquid and then go into the insect’s shell. After than, the liquid that would be in the prey’s shell, would then turn into a thick …show more content…
When you put water on a candle, it would stick to itself, but if you were to put vegetable oil on a candle it would stick to the candle. The frog’s tongue works in this similar way since the spit that it produces can change properties to catch its prey. The properties could go from being a thick substance, to a thinner substance, and then back to a thicker substance. When a frog’s tongue makes contact with its prey, the spit from its tongue would go from a thick substance, to a thinner substance, and then back to a thick substance causing the prey to be stuck onto the frog’s tongue. The particles of the frog’s tongue would be sticking to the particles of the prey instead of itself to successfully catch it. But when it is in a thinner state, the particles could be sticking together so it would go into the prey’s shell, so it could thicken and catch it without much hassle. The way of how a frog catches its prey has similar topics that relates as to whether or not a substance would stick to itself or another surface besides

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