text: The tongue is sticky because of the presence of glycoprotein-rich mucous , which both lubricates movement in and out of the snout and helps to catch ants and termites , which adhere to it .
simplified: The tongue is sticky because of the presence of glycoprotein-rich mucous . This mucus both lubricates movement in and out of the snout and helps to catch ants and termites , which stick to it .