Hummingbirds evolved a strange taste for sugar

Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 13:10 in Biology & Nature

While other birds seem to lack the ability to taste sugar, hummingbirds detect sweetness using a repurposed sensor that normally responds to savory flavors.

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