A Green Violet-ear. Image courtesy of Wikipedia (GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2).
Joel Kontinen
The nectar-loving hummingbird is tiny, but its features are truly amazing. It can flutter in one place while it sticks out its tongue to drink the juice a flower produces.
In a brief clip from the recently released documentary Flight: The Genius of Birds (produced by Illustra Media), Dr. Paul Nelson explains how a hummingbird uses its tongue to get at the nectar:
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