1.
Female hummingbirds can fly up to 1,700 miles
6 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
2.
The hummingbird has one of the largest brain to body weight ratios of all birds.
Although the hummingbirds brain is no larger than a small pea it makes up 4.2 percent of its body weight.
5 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
3.
It takes 15 to 22 days for hummingbird eggs to hatch.
3 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
4.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
3 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
5.
The hummingbird's tongue is as long as its bill.
3 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
6.
A hummingbird uses spider webs to anchor its nest.
2 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
7.
Most Hummingbirds can fly over 35 miles an hour.
That breaks the speed limit in most cities.
2 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
8.
No hummingbird weighs over an ounce.
The smallest 'Cuban Bee' weighs one tenth of an ounce. The largest weighs 3/4 of an ounce.
2 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
9.
Hummingbirds can get caught in large spider webs.
The birds get tangled up in the sticky silk and can't fly and end up being caught by a predator.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
10.
Most species of hummingbirds only lay 2 eggs.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
11.
Hummingbirds return to the exact nesting site each year.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
12.
Hummingbirds are the only noninsect species that lives on nectar
The small amount of protien they do need they get from gnats and other small insects.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
13.
The hummingbird consumes half its weight in sugar everyday.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
14.
The average temperature of a hummingbirds body is 105 degrees
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
15.
Hummingbirds chest muscles make up 30% of its total weight.
It needs these chest muscles to beat their wings so rapidly.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
16.
A hummingbirds wings beat 50 to 200 times per second.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
17.
A hummingbirds heart beats 1,260 beats per minute.
That is 125 times faster than a human's heart beats.
1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
18.
Hummingbirds were an inspiration for the helicoptor.
0 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
19.
Hummingbirds are the best pollinators next to honey bees.
0 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
20.
Hummingbirds range in size from 2" to 7"
0 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK -
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