NEW YORK, Nov 13 — How does Pallas’s long-tongued bat collect nectar midflight?

By using a long, barb-lined tongue, of course.

The specialised tongue enables the bat to access a particular species of long-necked flower and maximises the nectar it can get from the flower. — The New York Times

 

The Pallas’s long-tongued bat evolved in order for it to reach its food, nectar from a long-necked flower. — Screenshot from The New York Times video