Random Jibber Jabber Thread

Brick Tamland

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Humming birds are bad ass.

They stab each other over a female. With their beaks.

Their tongue is amazing too. It is a tube that splits open and wraps around the water and then closes and back in the mouth it goes.
I watched a documentary,on humming birds on PBS,quite interesting little birds.They actually eat insects,which was demonstrated in slow motion footage.
Nature is incredible, isn't it? The males also make a snapping sound when courting the females. I see/hear them do this often.

Male hummingbirds only produce fluttering sounds during their elaborate courtship rituals. Typically, during such a display, a male hummingbird will climb into the air five to 40 meters, and then quickly dive-bomb down past a perched female; when the courting male bird reaches the lowest point of his dive, he rapidly spreads and then closes his tail feathers. This spreading exposes the tail features to air, which causes them to flutter and generate sound.
 
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