Assertion: woodpecker | /r/CapableOf | use its tongue
Facets:
value: to pick up insects
type: PURPOSE
value: as a spear
type: MANNER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A woodpecker sometimes uses its tongue as a spear, penetrating and then dragging insects to the surface, but the bird probably uses it more often as a rake, extending it into holes and then retracting it.
text: Woodpeckers use their tongue to pick up insects from holes they have drilled in wood.