Nectar Feeders Have Very Low Mechanical Advantage (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Nectar Feeders Have Very Low Mechanical Advantage

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Glossophaga soricina, a nectarivorous bat, feeding on the flowers of a banana plant. Nectar feeding bats comprised one of three evolutionary optima for mechanical advantage among New World Leaf-nosed bats.

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Beth Clare, Queen Mary University of London

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