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34 STILL PLENTY TO CHEW OVER When a chameleon has spotted prey, it flicks its tongue out like a rubber band. It accelerates to 96 km/h in a hundredth of a second. The prey sticks to the chameleon’s tongue and is reeled in as if it were on a fishing line. A chameleon’s tongue can become one and a half to twice as long as its body.