You'd call it foot in mouth, except that what the Emperor asks his daughter to hoover up with her tongueless lips is his severed hand. |
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There are about 6 to 14 species of tongueless, aquatic African frogs. |
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With their large tongueless mouths, they'll eat anything, even birds. |
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Because they are tongueless, they rely on the forelimbs to guide food to their mouths, with additional aid from the rapid forward thrust of their powerful hind limbs. |
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Bowles' story has a cool, third-person narrator, while Camus' tale is an overheated dramatic monologue, narrated inside the head of a manic, tongueless man. |
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