{"id":28094,"date":"2023-06-01T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=28094"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:26:55","slug":"origin-of-pieces-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/06\/01\/origin-of-pieces-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-full-subhead\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-dark-color\">AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\">An anteater\u2019s tongue<\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignwide article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1461\" height=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/1e3291a4-102c-46cf-a2b3-662861f0e012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-28093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/1e3291a4-102c-46cf-a2b3-662861f0e012.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/1e3291a4-102c-46cf-a2b3-662861f0e012-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/1e3291a4-102c-46cf-a2b3-662861f0e012-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/1e3291a4-102c-46cf-a2b3-662861f0e012-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><figcaption>A long, sticky tongue is handy for this resident of Central and South America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">THE GIANT ANTEATER HAS A MONUMENTAL snout built to accommodate a 60cm-long tongue that traps its victims in a coating of treacle-like saliva. Attached directly to its breastbone, the tongue is unique among mammals in lacking structural connections in the throat. This gives it a huge freedom of movement, allowing it to project 45cm from the mouth to probe deep into the labyrinthine tunnels of its prey. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>SB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">ANTEATER: INA FASSBENDER\/AFP\/GETTY (CAPTIVE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GIANT ANTEATER HAS A MONUMENTAL snout built to accommodate a 60cm-long tongue that traps its victims in a coating of treacle-like saliva. Attached directly to its breastbone, the tongue is unique among mammals in lacking structural connections in the throat. 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