Editing Pollinator (section)

===Vertebrates===
[[File:Tacca chantrieri172799839.jpg|thumb|Tropical flowers like ''[[Tacca chantrieri]]'' are [[bat]]-pollinated.]]
[[File:Colibri thalassinus Curicancha 02.jpg|thumb|[[Green violetear]] with pollen on bill, [[Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge]], Costa Rica]]
[[Bat]]s are important pollinators of some tropical flowers, visiting to take nectar.<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Stewart AB, Dudash MR |date=1 January 2018 |title=Foraging strategies of generalist and specialist Old World nectar bats in response to temporally variable floral resources |journal=Biotropica |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=98–105 |doi=10.1111/btp.12492|bibcode=2018Biotr..50...98S |s2cid=90515964 }}</ref> Birds, particularly [[hummingbird]]s, [[honeyeaters]] and [[sunbirds]] also accomplish much pollination, especially of deep-throated flowers. Other [[vertebrates]], such as [[kinkajou]]s, [[monkey]]s, [[lemur]]s, [[Phalangeriformes|possums]], [[rodent]]s, [[lizard]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Olesen JM, Valido A | title = Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon. | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution | date = April 2003 | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 177–181 | doi = 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00004-1 | bibcode = 2003TEcoE..18..177O }}]</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baeckens S, Van Damme R | title = The island syndrome | journal = Current Biology | volume = 30 | issue = 8 | pages = R338–R339 | date = April 2020 | pmid = 32315628 | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.029 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2020CBio...30.R338B }}</ref> and [[Canidae|canids]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lai |first1=Sandra |last2=Léandri-Breton |first2=Don-Jean |last3=Lesaffre |first3=Adrien |last4=Samune |first4=Abdi |last5=Marino |first5=Jorgelina |last6=Sillero-Zubiri |first6=Claudio |date=2024 |title=Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa |journal=Ecology |language=en |volume=105 |issue=12 |pages=e4470 |doi=10.1002/ecy.4470 |issn=1939-9170 |pmc=11610677 |pmid=39561987}}</ref> have been recorded pollinating some plants.

Humans can be pollinators, as many [[gardener]]s have discovered that they must [[hand pollination|hand pollinate]] garden [[vegetable]]s, whether because of [[pollinator decline]] or simply to keep a strain genetically pure. This can involve using a small brush or [[cotton]] swab to move pollen, or to simply tap or shake [[tomato]] blossoms to release the pollen for the [[self-pollinating]] flowers. Tomato blossoms are self-fertile, but (with the exception of potato-leaf varieties) have the pollen inside the [[anther]], and the flower requires shaking to release the pollen through [[Wiktionary: pore|pores]]. This can be done by wind, by humans, or by a [[Buzz pollination|sonicating]] bee (one that vibrates its wing muscles while perched on the flower), such as a bumblebee. Sonicating bees are extremely efficient pollinators of tomatoes, and colonies of bumblebees are quickly replacing humans as the primary pollinators for [[greenhouse]] tomatoes.