Hummingbird tongues may work like micropumps

How nectar rises through specialized grooves has inspired debate

POWER SIP  A new way of looking at hummingbird tongues says they work like tiny pumps, challenging the familiar idea that the birds sip nectar by capillary action. 

K. Hurme

A new way of looking at hummingbird tongues sees them mainly as long, skinny pumps.