Birds have air sacs throughout the body, connected to the lungs. They get oxygen when they inhale and when they exhale! Hummingbirds can breathe from 300-500 times a minute: http://www.rubythroat.org/rthuanatomymain.html
The flower from which the hummingbird is sipping is standing still, and the bird is hovering. It appears that this kid was holding the juice box in his hand that was flapping up and down as he was running. To simulate the hummingbird’s action, he should have put the juice box on a desk or table and sipped from it while standing in place and flapping his arms.
momofalex7 almost 2 years ago
Next time do the simulation outside.
eromlig almost 2 years ago
What — no guess-the-classic-literature costume from Caulfield this year?
Bilan almost 2 years ago
The difference between hummingbirds and kids? Hummingbirds aren’t as messy.
crookedwolf Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Birds have air sacs throughout the body, connected to the lungs. They get oxygen when they inhale and when they exhale! Hummingbirds can breathe from 300-500 times a minute: http://www.rubythroat.org/rthuanatomymain.html
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
Perhaps the hovering helps curtail the spillage.
jconnors3954 almost 2 years ago
Another experiment ends in an learning experience, especially if the experimenter has to clean up.
The Brooklyn Accent almost 2 years ago
The flower from which the hummingbird is sipping is standing still, and the bird is hovering. It appears that this kid was holding the juice box in his hand that was flapping up and down as he was running. To simulate the hummingbird’s action, he should have put the juice box on a desk or table and sipped from it while standing in place and flapping his arms.
Cactus-Pete almost 2 years ago
Oxygen doesn’t burn.
dogday Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Sigh. Ya hafta BE a hummingbird to, y’know, BE the hummingbird.
emanning almost 2 years ago
50 beats/sec for something that weighs less than 2 pennies … wow!