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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on August 21, 2008, 10:11

Title: Scientific Picture of the Week
Post by: sam on August 21, 2008, 10:11

Time for something that isn't astronomy  :o  -thought this is nothing new I came across it earlier in the week and found it fascinating..

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi71.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi126%2Fweirdspaceman%2F061206-tongue-photo_big.jpg&hash=bcb99bf952f3e414de2ee99aa3aef99a6b3b5ec8)

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HOLY BAT TONGUE! Eat your heart out, Gene Simmons. The tongue of the Ecuadorian nectar bat  Anoura fistulata unfurls to 8.5 centimeters--twice as long as related bats' tongues and half again as long as the animal itself. Such a lengthy licker, which has its base near the bat's sternum, is just the right size to lap from a certain species of flower, according to a report published last month in Nature.

see here (http://www.sciam.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=B2DF8037-E7F2-99DF-3888CC851CDEA639)

Title: Re: Scientific Picture of the Week
Post by: sam on August 21, 2008, 10:13

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Saturn Moon, Mars ''Lava,'' More

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/photogalleries/space-photos-week7/index.html


ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS WEEKLY: Asia Floods, NYC Storm, More

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/photogalleries/nature-photos-week5/index.html

Title: Re: Scientific Picture of the Week
Post by: GillE on August 21, 2008, 11:40

What an incredible photo of the bat.  Just think, our generation is the first to see such wonders, and it's all due to modern camera techniques.