A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Flight (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Flight

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Professor Kenneth Welch and his team found that hummingbirds can burn fructose equally as well as glucose, which is something other invertebrates cannot achieve.

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Ken Jones

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