What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? | Deep Look

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What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? | Deep Look

Scientists have used a high-speed camera to film hummingbirds' aerial acrobatics at 1000 frames per second. They can see, frame by frame, how neither wind nor rain stop these tiniest of birds from fueling up.
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