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Scientific Picture of the Week

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sam:
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..




--- Quote ---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.
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see here

sam:
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

GillE:
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.

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