STICKS INSECTS: Ancient Giant-Headed Amphibian That Used Sticky Tongue To Catch Prey Discovered

Visualization of a roof skull in an undated photo.
German Natural History Museum discovered 291-million-year-old, previously unknown amphibian species.
Note: Licensed photo(Calliesauria, Museum of Natural History Chemnitz 2022/Newsflash). Visualization of a roof skull in an undated photo. German Natural History Museum discovered 291-million-year-old, previously unknown amphibian species. Note: Licensed photo(Calliesauria, Museum of Natural History Chemnitz 2022/Newsflash).
Copyrights: Calliesauria, Museum of Natural History Chemnitz 2022/Newsflash

29 July 2022
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of extinct amphibian that used its powerful sticky tongue to catch bugs. The species - named Chemnitzion richteri - used an ambush strategy to feed, according to researchers in Germany. With its huge head and small body the creature...