ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 8 days agoThe tube-lipped nectar bat: a highly-specialized pollinator with a tongue 150% of its body lengthlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageThe tube-lipped nectar bat: a highly-specialized pollinator with a tongue 150% of its body lengthlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
One rare plant, Centropogon nigricans, is pollinated exclusively by this bat due to its hard-to-reach nectar.
Double amazing!