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What animal has the longest tongue?
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The blue whale possesses the largest tongue of any animal. The tongue of an average-size adult blue whale weighs 3 tons. When the size of a tongue is considered in relation to body size, the chameleon comes in first place.
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In most cases, the tongue of an adult chameleon is as long as the animal's body and tail combined. The mammal with the longest tongue relative to body length is a type bat discovered for the first time in 2005. The bat sucks nectar from a specific type of flower found in Ecuador and is thought to be the only mammal involved in plant pollination.
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