Forest Animal Rescue - Valentine shows us her pearly whites Fruit bat molars 🦷 are much more complex than other bats in order to crush fruit pulp and their sharp fangs help
![The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts](https://external-preview.redd.it/xjH59Sjcbw9tmJ7Ng1FcnEOv56Qm_XuC5V4Leyb7vYQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=669d7892176218176dbad536d0ec86cd6db98950)
The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts
Smithsonian NMNH on X: ""Using exceptionally long tongues with specialized “hairs,” these bats lap up the nectar inside of flowers and in the process, become covered in pollen, which they then transport
Bat Conservation International - The longest tongue (relative to body length) ever reported in a mammal resides largely inside the ribcage of a nectar-eating bat discovered in the “cloud forests” of Ecuador.
![Nectar bats have long tongues in order to drink and eat insects and pollen. | Bat species, Mammals, Bat Nectar bats have long tongues in order to drink and eat insects and pollen. | Bat species, Mammals, Bat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/70/dd/f170ddad367f90aa247d8bd25f1bcc2a.jpg)