Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona. The proof is in the saliva
Arizona added a new species of bat to the list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state. The recent confirmation would not have been possible without the help of residents and researchers who gathered hundreds of saliva samples from hummingbird feeders.
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Researchers analyzed saliva the nocturnal mammals leave behind when sipping nectar from plants and residential hummingbird feeders.
