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Article on Honeybee Tongue Function

Started By ConcordAntman , Aug 12 2020 3:11 AM

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#1 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted August 12 2020 - 3:11 AM

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Literally, hot off the presses in today’s New York Times

https://nyti.ms/31LnbEf

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#2 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted August 17 2020 - 12:24 PM

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This is cool, and the videos are really good. I really like the vacuum-cleaner like suction video and the bristle-tongue one too. lol.

Is there equivalent info on ant mouths/tongues?

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