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  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sticks its tongue out as it lands on a maple tree in early spring. Hummingbirds have long, slender tongues that they can extend far beyond the tip of their bill. This allows them to reach the nectaries at the base of flowers. Tiny grooves on the tongue draw fluid into their mouth through a capillary action.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Tongue_7402.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) shows off its tongue, which is specially adapted to allow it to carry many fish in its bill at one time. Atlantic puffins typically carry about 10 fish in their bills at one time, using their tongues to hold their catch against spines on their palate. This Atlantic puffin was photographed on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland; about 60 percent of all Atlantic puffins breed in Iceland.
    Puffin_Atlantic_Tongue_Latrabjarg_44...jpg
  • Viewed under ultraviolet light, a long exposure captures the motion of giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) tentacles at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Anemone_Motion_T...jpg
  • Mussels, anemones, barnacles, crabs, and other tide pool creatures take on vivid colors under ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Tide-Pool_Tongue...jpg
  • Viewed under ultraviolet light, a long exposure captures the motion of giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) tentacles at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Anemone_Motion_T...jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • Eelgrass (genus Zostera), which normally appears green, takes on vibrant colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Eelgrass_Tongue-...jpg
  • Under ultraviolet light, vegetation and small snails display dramatic colors in a tide pool at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Rockweed_Tongue-...jpg
  • A giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Anemone_Tongue-P...jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The tide pool also contains limpets, snails and crabs. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • A Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) extends its tongue while sunning itself in the Great Basin Desert in southern Arizona. The Gila monster is the only venomous lizard native to the United States. This image is of a captive model.
    Gila-Monster_Tongue_6836.jpg
  • The tip of an Anna's hummingbird's (Calypte anna) tongue is visible as it finishes feeding from the blossom of a red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum).
    Hummingbird_Annas_Flowering-Currant_...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) extends its tongue to catch tiny insects on the back of a leaf while sitting on its nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Insect_Yesler...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sticks out its tongue to feed on a red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum).
    Hummingbird_Annas_Flowering-Currant_...jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) cries out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_CryingOut_5000.jpg
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) licks its lips while resting in the snow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Fox-Red_Resting_Winter_Yellowstone_6...jpg
  • A male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) opens its mouth to quack as it swims on a small pond in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_Quacking_Magnuson-Park_0156.jpg
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) pauses to lick its lips as it climbs a snow-covered hillside in the Custer Gallatin National Forest near Cooke City, Montana.
    Fox-Red_Hunting_Winter_Gallatin-NF_7...jpg
  • A male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) opens its mouth to quack as it swims on a small pond in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_Quacking_Magnuson-Park_0167.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) appears to yawn from the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean..
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Yawning_2529.jpg
  • An African lion (Panthera leo) licks its chops as it walks through tall grass in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Refuge in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Lion_Lick_3478.jpg
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