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Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in nectar

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imageA juvenile male black-throated mango hummingbird (_Anthracothorax nigricollis_) extending his tongue after drinking nectar.Kristiina Hurme, CC BY-ND

Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like insects than birds as they flit around, flying upside down and...

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