Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in nectar

[PhysOrg]

Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like insects than birds as they flit around, flying upside down and even backwards. They're a blur as they race between flowers. When they do pause to visit a flower momentarily, they're licking 15 to 20 times a second to extract their nectar fuel.

 

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