The Strange Anatomy of Hummingbirds

In this episode of SciShow we look at the most fascinating birds that hover! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.nature.com/news/hummingbird-flight-has-a-clever-twist-1.9639 http://www.defenders.org/hummingbirds/basic-facts http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruby-throated_hummingbird/id http://birds.audubon.org/explore-world-hummingbirds http://www.wired.com/2011/05/hummingbird-tongue-drinking/ http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Archilochus_alexandri/ http://mag.audubon.org/articles/birds/hummingbirds-see-red http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205165823.htm http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=2031 http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/HummerNotes1.html http://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/09/the-basics-of-iridescence-in-hummingbirds/ http://birding.about.com/od/birdbehavior/a/How-Hummingbirds-Fly.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2104624/Hummingbirds-huge-memory-lets-remember-location-flower-territory.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7045/full/nature03647.html http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/554notes2.html Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_hummingbird#/media/File:Patagona_gigas.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mellisuga_helenae.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colibri-thalassinus-001-edit.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colibr%C3%AD_Cola_de_Oro_(Golden-tailed_Sapphire_Hummingbird)_Bigger_File.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrian_Metaltail_(Metallura_tyrianthina).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bumbelbee_Hummingbird.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sword-billed_Hummingbird_(Ensifera_ensifera).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WingMuscles.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hummingbird_Aerodynamics_of_flight.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hummingbird_flight_profil.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hummingbird_flight.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annas_Hummingbird_(female_in_flight).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_motion,_Broad-tailed_hummingbird,_selasphorus_platycercus;_in_flight.JPG