The endangered Ethiopian wolf has been observed licking the flowers of red hot poker plants, and now scientists believe it ...

Normally a specialised rodent hunter, the Ethiopian wolf is the first large carnivorous predator documented consuming nectar ...

Wolves in Ethiopia that lick the flowers of the "red hot poker" flowers are the first known large carnivores to eat nectar.

Sandra Lai at the University of Oxford and her colleagues observed wild Ethiopian wolves lapping up the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker ... nectar-feeding and pollination by non-flying mammals ...

It’s the first possible case of a large carnivore acting as a pollinator, the study noted. Red hot poker plants are thought to be largely pollinated by birds, according to Jeff Ollerton ...

Insects aren't necessarily the only pollinators, but the Ethiopian wolf could be an unexpected candidate, as recent ...