Bat with supertongue seen for first time in Nat Geo series

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Kiss' frontman Gene Simmons has some competition: Ecuador's long-tongued bat boasts a 3½-inch tongue half again as long as its body.

The elusive bat shows off its tongue in first-time footage next week in the premier episode of a National Geographic Channel documentary, Untamed Americas. People would need tongues about 9 feet long to match the bat's proportions. To accomplish this feat, the bat keeps its tongue stuffed down its throat, doubled up in its esophagus.
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