Amazing hummingbird facts:.
>The average hummingbird weighs only about 3 grams (less than a nickel by comparison).
>Hummingbirds live on the edge of survival and can starve to death in 3 to 5 hours..
>Humming birds, on an average, beat their wings 80 times per second. However, in some species, it has been recorded that these creatures can beat their wings 200 times per second. Its heart rate is often more that 1,200 beats per minute.
>Hummingbird can perch on the tree. But these birds cannot hop or even walk.
>Each day hummingbird has to eat at least ½ of weight. It will use 5 till 8 hours a day to eat food.
>Of all bird species, hummingbirds have the largest known relative heart size. The heart represents 2.4 percent of their body weight.If the average man’s metabolism was comparable to that of a hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day in order to maintain his weight.An active hummingbird can starve to death in as little as two hours. 90 percent of the hummingbird’s diet is nectar. A hummingbird will visit between 1,000 and 2,000 blossoms each day. Hummingbirds do not have a sense of smell, as far as is known. They use their eyesight to help them locate nectar sources and to get insects out of the air or off leaves.
>There are 340 species of hummingbirds making them the second most diverse bird family on earth.
>Believe it or not, there are hummingbird predators such as the praying mantis, the dragonfly, the robber fly, certain spiders, some frogs, and larger predatory birds.
>An amazing fact about the humming bird is that it can fly up, down, forward, backward and even upside down. A humming bird can rotate its wings from its shoulder blades, which enables it to hover and fly in different positions. Only insects can fly like this.
>The vision of these tiny birds is so spectacular that they can see places much farther than any human being. Moreover, these birds can also see ultraviolet light.
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