One nectar bat can launch its tongue one and a half times its body length, longer than any other mammal and second only to chameleons among vertebrates, scientists recently discovered. Subscribe to ...

In the cloud forests of the Andes a funnelled flower has inspired the most spectacular tongue of any mammal on the planet. The Anoura fistulata bat drinking sugared water through a straw At around 9cm ...

Eat your heart out, Gene Simmons. The tongue of the Ecuadorian nectar bat Anoura fistulata unfurls to 8.5 centimeters--twice as long as related bats' tongues and half again as long as the animal ...