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TheLMU|LACenterforUrbanResilience(CURes)cures.lmu.edu
HummingbirdFunFactsDidyouknow…
• ahummingbirdeggisassmallasajellybean!• hummingbirdseattheequivalentof300
hamburgers,innectartheygetfromhundredsofflowerseachday!
• hummingbirdsaretheworld’ssmallestbird• hummingbirdflowersco-evolvedwith
hummingbirds,whichiswhytherearesomanyvarie?esofhummingbirdbeaks(bills)
• somehummingbirdsflyover2,000milesduringmigra?on!
• hummingbirdsaretheonlybirdsthatcanhoverandflybackwardsandupsidedown!
• ahummingbird’sheartbeatsasfastas500bpm,butcanexceed1000bpm!
• ahummingbirdcanflyasfastas50mph!• ahummingbird’swingbeatscanbeasfastas50-200
beatspersecond(bps)!• hummingbirdscanliveaslongas10yearsinthe
wild