Cara J Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Hummingbird bills are designed to draw nectar from flowers, but researchers have found that some male hummingbirds have developed bills better suited for stabbing their rivals. “It is all about feeding efficiency in flowers versus proficiency in fighting,” said Alejandro Rico-Guevara, a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, and the lead scientist on a project that captured hummingbird fencing and feeding strategies in slow motion. Watch the video below. Read more about their research here, or find their study in Integrative Organismal Biology. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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