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    • Tūī on flax flowers, New Zealand.
    Rights: Neville Gardner Published 6 June 2012 Size: 290 KB Referencing Hub media

    As a tūī searches flax flowers for nectar, pollen gets rubbed off on the top of its beak. At the same time, it leaves pollen on the stigma, completing pollination.

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