Micrograph: Cally HarperYou're looking at a scanning electron microscope image of a Pallas's long-tongued bat. The hairs act as a "mop" to scoop up nectar. Cally Harper and Beth Brainerd of Duke University found out exactly how such a weird tongue works:The researchers knew the bat tongues were c...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/07/Hairy-Bat-Tongue/
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