Assertion: woodpecker's tongue | /r/HasProperty | long
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: astonishingly
type: DEGREE
value: in some woodpeckers
type: LOCATION
value: to help
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Downy Woodpeckers have a long tongue that can be darted forward to capture insects.
text: They also lap up ants by reaching with their long tongues into crevices.
text: Red-bellied Woodpecker using its long tongue to reach food
text: In this manner, the red-bellied woodpecker is able to pull out beetles and other insects from the tree with the help of its long tongue.
text: Woodpeckers have very long tongue which is designed for capturing of prey that is hidden inside the trees.
text: Woodpeckers also have very long and sticky tongues, which help them catch their food once they make a hole in the tree.
text: Woodpeckers have a long and sticky tongue that they can use to reach inside the holes they’ve drilled to grab insects.
text: The woodpeckers hammer holes into the trees, and use their long tongue to extract the insects or larvae.
text: Their tongues are long and thin, to help them get in to any holes, and when they’re not using them they wind around the skull.
text: The tongue of the woodpecker is long and ends in a barb.
text: The tongue of the woodpecker is long, barbed, and sticky to help extract insects from crevices, and the organ is supported by an extended hyoid bone and its muscles.
text: A special arrangement of bones and elastic tissues allows woodpeckers to extend their long tongues and extract insect prey from the holes they chisel with their strong, sharp beaks.
text: In some woodpeckers the tongue is so long it forks in the throat, goes below the base of the jaw, and wraps behind and over the top of the head, where the forks rejoin and insert in the bird's right nostril (below left) or around the eye socket.
text: It’s true—in fact, it’s tongue is so long, it almost completes a full loop around
text: Adaptations to prevent brain damage from a life of hark knocks serve woodpeckers well, and their long tongues permit the capture of hidden morsels of food.
text: The woodpeckers hammer holes into the trees, and use their long tongue to extract the insects or larvae.
text: In making their case, they have presented a great deal of information which is either distorted or patently false concerning the anatomy and physiology of the woodpecker, particularly with regard to its astonishingly long tongue.
text: Woodpeckers hammer into the timber with their beaks to seek out bugs, which they pull out with their long tongues.