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The Mechanics of a Hummingbird’s tongue

Hummingbirds have incredibly high metabolic rates. Their hearts can beat more than 1000 times per minute, they inhale more than 200 times per minute and their oxygen consumption during flight can be 10 times grater than that of an elite marathon runner. Clearly all this work requires a lot of energy, which the hummingbirds get […]

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