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The hummingbird tongue is a fluid trap, not a capillary tube

Hummingbird tongues pick up a liquid, calorie-dense food that cannot be grasped, a physical challenge that has long inspired the study of nectar-transport mechanics. Existing biophysical models predict optimal hummingbird foraging on the basis of equations that assume that fluid rises through the to...

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Autori principali: Rico-Guevara, Alejandro, Rubega, Margaret A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2011
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111265/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21536916
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016944108
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