A new study has found that smaller chameleons tend to be able to project their tongues much faster to capture prey than their larger counterparts.

Chameleon lizards may be known for their ability to change colors, but a recent study reveals a surprising discovery about their tongue speed relative to their size.

Christopher Anderson of Brown University found that the members fastest with their tongues tend to be the smaller ones, with speeds reaching the equivalent of a car accelerating from zero to sixty in a hundredth of a second. 

This means that an insect prey can potentially be snapped up in 20 milliseco