{"667017":{"#nid":"667017","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Toad Tongues Slay With Seriously Sticky Spit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToad tongues are ready for their closeup \u2014 \u003Cem\u003Eextremely close\u003C\/em\u003E closeups \u2014 in this video from San Francisco PBS station KQED. The closeups and slow-motion photography are necessary to show the role toad saliva plays in snatching crickets, worms, and other prey in the blink of an eye. Thanks to research from the team of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E with an adjunct appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, science learned that a\u0026nbsp;toad\u2019s 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.\u0026nbsp;And then, it becomes sticky again, drawing that meal down the hatch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToad tongues are ready for their closeup \u2014 \u003Cem\u003Eextremely close\u003C\/em\u003E closeups \u2014 in this video from San Francisco PBS station KQED. The closeups and slow-motion photography are necessary to show the role toad saliva plays in snatching crickets, worms, and other prey in the blink of an eye. Thanks to research from the team of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E with an adjunct appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, science learned that a\u0026nbsp;toad\u2019s 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.\u0026nbsp;And then, it becomes sticky again, drawing that meal down the hatch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-04-03 14:05:33","changed_gmt":"2023-04-03 14:05:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"KQED","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/science\/1981963\/toad-tongues-slay-with-seriously-sticky-spit","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"192485","name":"toads"},{"id":"192486","name":"toad tongues"},{"id":"192487","name":"toad saliva"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}