Swans on Tea

Extraordinary Tongues and the Animals That Use Them

The tube-lipped nectar bat from Ecquador has a tongue one and a half times its own body length. It shoots it out with amazing accuracy while feeding at night. This huge tongue (in proportion to the 5.5cm bat) is not stored in the mouth. It is attached to the back of the mouth but stored inside the rib cage. The bat in the picture is drinking a sweet drink left outside to attract it.

All of the sudden I feel the need to call someone a tube-lipped nectar bat.
Next time someone mooches off of me . . .