Hummingbirds Don't Suck Nectar In - They Drink It!
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For over two centuries, scientists have maintained that hummingbirds suck in nectar by capillary action (the same way liquid gets sucked up by a straw), using the tube-like channels that lie inside their tongues. However, a new study done by Alejendro Rico-Guevara, an ornithologist from the University of Connecticut, refutes that, and he has video footage to prove it.
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- thjio14년 이상holy i never new that o for awesome!!!!
- mimi14년 이상cool!
- mahnoor14년 이상awsome
- bob14년 이상awesome
- mooMAn14년 이상werid
- Shamiyah14년 이상Well this article tought me something new. I always thought that humming birdssucked nectar not drink it!!!
- chyenne14년 이상i thought this article was very cool. What i found interesting about this article is that hummingbirds drink nectar, i always thought that hummingbirds sucked nectar in
- ru!14년 이상i found this article to be very intresting and imformitive. i say that because for many years now scientist have said that humming birds suck nectar, but now they found out that they DRINK nectar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- joey14년 이상i never knew that the sugar comes to them automaticly i thought they had to suck in for the neckter and sugar to
- Lila14년 이상That's awesome but I always knew that... I'm not saying I'm "Miss Smarty Pants", cause I'm not, and I still don't know what 2+2 equals, no, just kidding. We have a hummingbird feeder in our backyard and when hummingbirds come, I see how they drink.