High-speed Video Reveals the Hummingbird's "Snap-buckling" Beak (video)

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

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High-speed video of a purple-crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) catching fruit flies reveals the hummingbird's "snap-buckling" beak.

Credit

Video by Gregor Yanega.

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