Fun Fact Animals | How Does Humming Bord Hover?

in #science6 years ago

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By keeping it's body nearly vertical while it's wings beat forwards and backwards. It is actually flying upwards just fast enough to Balance it's body weight less that it stay still. A ruby - throated humming bird, which weighs less than 4g has no beat it's wing more than 52 times a second to hover in front of a flower

Img source: https://www.southernliving.com/garden/things-hummingbird-lovers-know-video

Thanks for reading hope you learned something new. :)
xoxo Lynn.

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