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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,439 posts)
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:57 PM Aug 2019

What happens when you put a hummingbird in a wind tunnel?

Scientists have used a high-speed camera to film hummingbirds' aerial acrobatics at 1000 frames per second. They can see, frame by frame, how neither wind nor rain stop these tiniest of birds from fueling up. (From @KQEDScience)


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What happens when you put a hummingbird in a wind tunnel? (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 OP
I watched a hummingbird at my feeder, the wind was blowing pretty hard, shraby Aug 2019 #1
I like hummingbirds as much as I like elephants, and that's a lot! abqtommy Aug 2019 #2
that md-air shake at 2:20 is outstanding! Skittles Aug 2019 #3

shraby

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1. I watched a hummingbird at my feeder, the wind was blowing pretty hard,
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 03:20 PM
Aug 2019

the bird had its beak in the little hole and went back and forth with the feeder, both swaying in the wind. It never missed a beat.

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