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Some Bats Obtain Nectar Using Conveyor Belt-like Tongue (9 of 9)

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Some Bats Obtain Nectar Using Conveyor Belt-like Tongue (9 of 9)

video: Nectar-lapping Glossophaga soricina (detail) is shown. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 25, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Tschapka at University of Ulm in Ulm, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Nectar uptake in bats using a pumping-tongue mechanism." view more 

Credit: [Credit: Tschapka, Gonzalez-Terrazas, Knörnschild Sci. Adv. 2015;1:e1500525]


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