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Purple-throated hummingbirds, male
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Purple-throated hummingbirds, male
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the male hummingbird with a larger body and short, straight bill pollinates this species Heliconia while the female is adapted to pollinate another. Aquatint etching by Bryan Poole, 2008
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2000s 2008 21st Century Adapted Apodiformes Carib Commelinid Etching Eulampis Evolution Evolved Heliconia Humming Bird Hummingbird Monocot Monocotyledon Poole Sauropsid Sauropsida Trochilidae Zingiberales Angiospermae Heliconiaceae Lobster Claw Magnoliophyta Pollinate Pollination Pollinator Sexual Dimorphism
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