TIL: Hummingbirds Are the World’s Hungriest Birds | Today I Learned

if you were to use energy as quickly as

if you were to use energy as quickly as a hummingbird you’d have to eat a fridge

a hummingbird you’d have to eat a fridge

a hummingbird you’d have to eat a fridge full of food or about 300 hamburgers

full of food or about 300 hamburgers

full of food or about 300 hamburgers every day in order to survive they use

every day in order to survive they use

every day in order to survive they use energy so quickly because they fly so so

energy so quickly because they fly so so

energy so quickly because they fly so so fast and a lot of the flowers they feed

fast and a lot of the flowers they feed

fast and a lot of the flowers they feed on are really delicate and if they were

on are really delicate and if they were

on are really delicate and if they were to perch on them then they would pull

to perch on them then they would pull

to perch on them then they would pull the flower off they have to hover in one

the flower off they have to hover in one

the flower off they have to hover in one place which is really energy consuming

place which is really energy consuming

place which is really energy consuming it’s one of the most energetically

it’s one of the most energetically

it’s one of the most energetically expensive activities in the animal world

expensive activities in the animal world

expensive activities in the animal world I think

so they use energy really really quickly

so they use energy really really quickly in order to survive they’re really tiny

in order to survive they’re really tiny

in order to survive they’re really tiny the smallest hummingbird is like the

the smallest hummingbird is like the

the smallest hummingbird is like the weight of a dime and the largest is 20

weight of a dime and the largest is 20

weight of a dime and the largest is 20 grams which is maybe nine dimes stacked

grams which is maybe nine dimes stacked

grams which is maybe nine dimes stacked together they don’t have much room to

together they don’t have much room to

together they don’t have much room to store fat if you were really heavy with

store fat if you were really heavy with

store fat if you were really heavy with fat then you wouldn’t be able to fly so

fat then you wouldn’t be able to fly so

fat then you wouldn’t be able to fly so they have to feed on nectar many many

they have to feed on nectar many many

they have to feed on nectar many many many times during the day if

many times during the day if

many times during the day if hummingbirds didn’t have flowers to feed

hummingbirds didn’t have flowers to feed

hummingbirds didn’t have flowers to feed on they would starve in as little as two

on they would starve in as little as two

on they would starve in as little as two hours so next time you need a snack be

hours so next time you need a snack be

hours so next time you need a snack be thankful it’s not a life-or-death

thankful it’s not a life-or-death

thankful it’s not a life-or-death situation

all bees buzzed but bumblebees are one

all bees buzzed but bumblebees are one of the very few types of bees that

of the very few types of bees that

of the very few types of bees that actually take that buzzing sound and use

actually take that buzzing sound and use

actually take that buzzing sound and use it like a secret weapon to get pollen