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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Form an orderly queue

Pallas’s long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) appearing to queue up to collect a nectar-like sugar solution placed within a banana flower. The species is listed by the IUCN as of Least Concern and stable.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Costa Rica
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Copyright: © Claire Waring