Movie 1.

High-speed video of Phyllostomus discolor feeding on nectar. At maximum tongue extension during each lick, the tongue folds medially, and hair-like papillae extend away from the tongue surface. Recording rate=1000 fps; playback speed=20 fps.

Convergent mechanisms, divergent strategies: a comparison of nectar intake between a generalist and a specialist bat species

Laura L. Quinche, Felipe Garzón-Agudelo, Sharlene E. Santana, Hugo F. López-Arévalo, and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

Journal of Experimental Biology 2026. 229:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.251404