No Saccharine: How Hummingbirds Evolved To Detect Sugar

Saturday, August 23, 2014 - 16:20 in Biology & Nature

If you capture a hummingbird on high-speed video and slow it down, their wings thrum like helicopter blades as they hover near food. Their hearts beat 20 times a second and their tongues dart 17 times a second to slurp from a feeding station. read more

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