woensdag 18 februari 2009

Flying backwards


Did you know a hummingbird can fly backwards? A hummingbird flaps it wings so fast, about eighty times per second, that it can remain hanging still in the air. This allows it to fly vertically up- and downwards and as the only bird also backwards. However, this requires so much energy of the hummingbird that its heart has to beat about a thousand times per second. In order to sustain this incredible energy consumption it has to eat all day long. If the hummingbird cannot eat sufficiently for a week, due to heavy rain for instance, it will die of exhaustion.


Dries Persyn

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  1. Did you know a hummingbird can fly backwards? A hummingbird flaps it [its]wings so fast, about eighty times per second, that it can remain hanging still in the air. This allows it to fly vertically up- and downwards and as the only bird also backwards. However, this requires so much energy of the hummingbird that its heart has to beat about a thousand times per second. In order to sustain this incredible energy consumption it has to eat all day long. If the hummingbird cannot eat sufficiently for a week, due to heavy rain for instance, it will die of exhaustion.

    Clear account, good flow. Mind the grammar error (typo?)

    olaf

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