Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 569
eak and extracts the juices. It is interesting to note that this insect-mur-derer hides itself so that it may jump out andseize its prey. The robber-fly, described byMr. Aaron in this number of Nature andScience, prefers to attack its prey openly. Many insects, as well as other and largerforms of… … THE CHAMELEON. ^fc, The club-shaped tongue of the chameleon isunlike that of any other animal. The chame-leon can dart this tongue outwith marvelous quickness andtake in an insect by aid of thesticky material on the end ofthe tongue. The food consistsof spiders and almost any kindof insect.…
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