Today's LiveScience has a cool story about flowers evolving to fit bird and bat "snouts."
Check it out!I've been lucky enough to see some pretty cool hummingbird bills:
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Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ecuador, 2006)
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Green-breasted Mango (Costa Rica, 2002)
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Broad-billed Hummingbird (Arkansas, 2006)
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Green Thorntail (Costa Rica, 2007)
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Volcano Hummingbird (Costa Rica 2007)
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Gray-tailed Mountain Gem (Costa Rica, 2007)
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Cinnamon Hummingbird (Guatemala, 2007)