Thought you might find these few facts about hummingbirds to be interesting. Hope you do.
Hummingbirds lay the smallest eggs of any species of bird. Their egg is less than half an inch long; this is half the size of a jellybean!
While at rest, a hummingbird takes 250 breaths per minute.
The heart rate of a hummingbird is 1,260 times per minute.
Hummingbirds travel at an average speed of 25-30 miles per hour.
Hummingbirds can fly forward, backward, and upside down. They fly backwards by spreading their tail and then doing a backwards somersault.
The pectoral or flight muscles of a hummingbird accounts for ¼ of its total body weight. In humans, the pectoral muscles account for 5 percent of our total body weight.
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