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