A red-bel ! ied wo # dpecker’s tongue can stretch out nearly thre " times longer than its beak. Stif $ en " d by bones al ! the way to a barbed tip, it spears its meals, such as wo # d- boring be " tle larvae.
A red-bel ! ied wo # dpecker’s tongue tip has special muscles that move it left, right, and around, helping it remove speared fo # d from tre " -trunk tu , nels.
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