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Green Hermit Hummingbirds And Heliconia
Different hummingbirds have evolved different beak shapes and sizes to go with certain type of flowers.
One of them are Green Hermit Hummingbirds and Heliconia plants.
The researchers found that green hermit hummingbirds had much greater success than humans or other hummingbirds at pollinating a plant called Heliconia tortuosa. (Matthew Betts/Oregon State University)
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