Flying Hummingbird

Hummingbirds make it look easy, but this slow motion footage shows that hovering midair is tough work, indeed. In order to hang midair like that, a rufous hummingbird like this one will need to beat its wings about 50 times per second! As you can imagine this takes up a lot of energy-- to keep up with their incredibly fast metabolism, hummingbirds need to drink more than their own weight in nectar every single day. Despite their wonderfully unique style of flight, hummingbirds are especially prone to colli