Some bats chug nectar with conveyor belt tongues
![Lonchophylla robusta bat](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ht_battongueticker_free-lo.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
To figure out how nectar-feeding bat tongues work, researchers recorded hairy-tongued bats (such as Glossophaga soricina) and grooved-tongued bats (such as Lonchophylla robusta, shown) feeding on bromeliads and other flowers.
M. Tschapka/University of Ulm