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Hummingbirds eating from my mouth (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 124

2014-11-26

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Hummingbird muscles can run directly off of fructose.

This is important and has a lot to do with why they need so much supply to sustain their expensive flight:

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/507665?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21105270351493

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00360-014-0843-y

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