Chameleons feed by ballistically projecting their long tongue from their mouth to capture prey located some distance away. While the chameleon’s tongue is typically thought to be 1.5 to 2 times the length of their body.
Tongue projection occurs at extremely high performance, reaching the prey in as little as 0.07 seconds. The chameleon tongue’s tip is a bulbous ball of muscle, and as it hits its prey it rapidly forms a small suction cup.
For more feeding of chameleons watch the video below.
