The endangered Ethiopian wolf has been observed licking the flowers of red hot poker plants, and now scientists believe it ...
Ethiopian wolves feed on the sweet nectar of ... are too fragile or produce too little nectar to be interesting for large animals,” says Lai. The sturdy, nectar-rich flower heads of the poker plant ...
For the first time, Ethiopian wolves have been ... the wolves would accumulate a large amount of pollen on their muzzles. They would then head over to other plants to obtain more of the juicy ...
Still, Steenhuisen says the Ethiopian wolves appear to have joined the ranks of a growing list of mammals likely involved in ...
Lai, et al (2024) Ecology Journal In the Ethiopian highlands, researchers documented what may be the first and only known example of a large meat-eating predator regularly indulging in nectar ...