Sweet little birds?!! You perhaps don't know how territorial these little buggers can be! (And yes, they look sweet when there is only one around.)

Interesting factoid I read in OMNI magazine years ago. A biologist was describing the internal workings of hummingbirds. Because their metabolisms are so fast, they actually have a series of stomachs -- one to collect food, the next to digest it. He described hummingbirds as being essentially very fast, very small flying cows.

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interesting comment bareboards, thanks for sharing. such strange little guys; so different from other birds.

Well, most birds are very, very territorial. My parents had aviaries when I was young, and birds are absolutely vicious to each other. Everything from innocent looking zebra finches to lovebirds to parrots: any bird who gets hurt, any overcrowding, any newly introduced birds: attack.

Alfred Hitchcock knew what he was talking about...

*music too

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