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Fig. 6. Typical ant feeding event in Moloch horridus. (A) M.
horridus capturing ant prey. Time (s) is given in the lower right of each
frame. Note the pointy shape of the tongue at full extension, uncharacteristic
of iguanians during prey capture but very similar to iguanians when tongue
flicking. The entire capture event occurs in just over 100 ms. (B) Selected
kinematic profiles, showing the abbreviated slow open phase (only 20% of the
cylces contained a slow open phase) and the longer fast open and fast close
phases. Colored dots denote the onset of mouth opening (red), prey contact
with the tongue (yellow) and maximum gape (blue). Onset of fast open (FO) and
fast close phases (FC) are denoted by dotted lines. Note the difference in
time scale between Figs 2 and
3.
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