Elastic Micropump
Our hummer get's ready in anticipation of some tasty nectar inserting it's tongue some 12 times per SECOND.
For years capillary action was thought to be how they fed with their grooved tongues but recent high speed photography shows: " Their tongue stays compressed and flat until it contacts the nectar. The tongue then springs open and reshapes and draws in the liquid"
Life is pretty intense for these little guys where everything happens at hyperspeed......
Elastic Micropump
Our hummer get's ready in anticipation of some tasty nectar inserting it's tongue some 12 times per SECOND.
For years capillary action was thought to be how they fed with their grooved tongues but recent high speed photography shows: " Their tongue stays compressed and flat until it contacts the nectar. The tongue then springs open and reshapes and draws in the liquid"
Life is pretty intense for these little guys where everything happens at hyperspeed......