These are some Incredible Hummingbirds facts:
- Hummingbirds have 1,000-1,500 feathers which keeps them more lightweight for easier flight;
- 25-30 percent of a hummingbird’s weight is in its pectoral muscles;
- Hummingbirds can reach up to 60 miles per hour in a dive;
- Their eggs represent as much as 10 percent of the mother’s weight;
- consume approximately 1/2 of its weight in sugar daily;
- A hummingbird’s wings beat between 50 and 200 flaps per second;
- hummingbird’s heart rate is more than 1,200 beats per minute
- can fly 500 miles nonstop;
- when feeding, a hummingbird can lick 10-15 times per second;
- Hummingbirds digest natural sucrose in 20 minutes;
- A hummingbird’s brain weigh 4.2 percent of its weigh;
- hummingbirds are gifted with a third set of eyelids;
- They can fly forward or backward, hover, and even fly upside-down.
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