this review topic is so metal. and also very @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🤘
one thing i didn't appreciate is that one advantage of "ballistic tongues" is that they operate over a broader temperature range than muscle shortening action.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Zeng and Deban provide an overview of ballistic tongues in three vertebrates, highlighting
similarities and differences in launch and retraction mechanisms, ecological advantages,
evolutionary history...
