Hummingbird tongues may work like micropumps
How nectar rises through specialized grooves has inspired debate
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POWER SIP A new way of looking at hummingbird tongues says they work like tiny pumps, challenging the familiar idea that the birds sip nectar by capillary action.
K. Hurme