Eli5: why is ice sticky and slippery?

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Title.. no other solid behaves like ice does.. you can’t stick ur tongue on a cold rock or stick two cold rocks together and they stuck together or slip on another solid rock.. why is that?

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Ice has a rough surface that can melt with the friction and temperature from both surfaces going against each other.

Ice is slippery when the temperature is low enough to have water over ice acting like a lubricant.

Ice is sticky when it is so cold that the water turns into ice faster than it can be warmed up from friction.

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