hummingbird, n.Trivia

A hummingbird is lighter than a penny

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards

Hummingbirds have such a high metabolism that they are always hours away from starving to death.

Hummingbirds eat so much that the human equivalent would be like consuming 300 hamburgers a day

hummingbirds are only found in the Americas (and not in the rest of the world)

A hummingbird's heart beats 1,400 times a minute.

praying mantises can easily catch and eat hummingbirds.

hummingbirds can't walk

Humming birds are able to flap their wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)

The average hummingbird's heart rate is more than 1,200 beats per minute.

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward