The article I read was about how scientists can relate to hummingbirds tongues as a tiny pump. Scientists thought they understood how their tongues work but their tongues actually work differently. Hummingbirds have long tongues that let them drink their nectar. That is called the capillary action. A ornithologist named Alejandro Rico-Guevara said that hummingbirds tongues are an elastic micro pump. Him and his colleagues theorize that they have water molecules to grip each other that lets the water rise up a tube.
According to the article, hummingbirds have bills that squash its tongue and grooves. The hummingbirds have this long process from what scientists discovered to just drink their nectar. Their tongues are also skinny, translucent,
According to the article, hummingbirds have bills that squash its tongue and grooves. The hummingbirds have this long process from what scientists discovered to just drink their nectar. Their tongues are also skinny, translucent,