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racz_jay25
01/11/08, 11:28 PM
How fast do a hummingbird’s wings beat?

Faster than we can see, hummingbirds, the smallest feathered creatures on the planet, are also the fastest wing-beaters. The beating is so speedy it looks like a blur. With a slow motion camera, it can almost be counted -50 to 75 beats per second! Hummingbirds can even fly backwards, something no other bird can do.
patis
02/26/08, 12:11 PM
the helicopter's flight capacities are similar to the hummingbird's: hover, forward, backward. i dont know about lifting vertically, though.
Jason
02/29/08, 11:00 AM
Humming birds are amazing...
I just watched them on National Geographic...
They're so wonderfull..
though they move so fast, its still a melody for me...
and they also have sweet tooths - like bees, and butterflies
tiny flyers are so wonderful
patis
02/29/08, 02:00 PM
tiny flyers are so wonderful

im hoping you're not including roaches, mosquitoes, flies and their ilk in your list...
Jason
02/29/08, 06:01 PM
haha.. but they are amazing arent they?
Ive watched some people how they took care of their pet cockroaches...
racz_jay25
02/29/08, 06:15 PM
haha.. but they are amazing arent they?
Ive watched some people how they took care of their pet cockroaches...

that's why the cockroach is considered to be the longest existing insect.. am i right, patis?
patis
02/29/08, 07:03 PM
the longest existing insect is me. ive been bugging my roommate since time immemorial to cut his racket! seriously, he can get really, really annoying.
racz_jay25
02/29/08, 09:19 PM
the longest existing insect is me. ive been bugging my roommate since time immemorial to cut his racket! seriously, he can get really, really annoying.

oh, sorry, i was wrong.. :sign_lol:
q_sharon
03/01/08, 12:47 AM
hey there patis and racz_jay25 . you two are so cool !!:friendz:
patis
03/01/08, 01:30 AM
hey there patis and racz_jay25 . you two are so cool !!:friendz:

no, i'm cool. racz is... well.... uhhh... say, is this thing working? LOL
racz_jay25
03/01/08, 01:34 AM
no, i'm cool. racz is... well.... uhhh... say, is this thing working? LOL

:angry::ban:
patis
03/01/08, 01:50 AM
:angry::ban:

:ban: nukes! :ban: nukes!

hmn, if read at the speed a hummingbird flutters its wings, it would sound "banooks".

no, not really. it would be more like a buzzing sound. hooray for thinking out loud!