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You may have learned that hummingbirds find fast fuel in flower nectar. Their forked, grooved tongues are nearly twice the length of their beaks! As a hummingbird licks nectar, the sweet fluid flows up the grooves into its mouth.

Flower nectar can be even sweeter than Coca Cola!

Photo: Ed Robertson

 

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