The only bird that flies backwards
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Fact of the day: the hummingbird's superpower. AI-generated.
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0:00 The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly
0:02 backwards.
0:03 Most birds flap their wings up and down,
0:05 but a hummingbird moves its wings in a
0:07 figure-eight pattern,
0:09 beating them up to eighty times a second.
0:11 This lets it hover perfectly still in the
0:14 air,
0:14 fly sideways, and even reverse.
0:16 Its heart can race at over a thousand beats a
0:19 minute.
0:19 To fuel all that effort,
0:21 a hummingbird visits hundreds of flowers a
0:23 day and nearly eats its own body weight in
0:26 nectar.