1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of My 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Heart Radios How Stuff Works. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Jerry's flitting around here. Here they're darting to and fro 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: like a little ruby throated hunter and Emerald and this 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: is stuff you should know. I saw Jerry. I know, 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: I heard Jerry, that's all with my own two eyes. 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: How she doing? Is her hair just completely white? Now? Well, 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: I mean we were fifteen ft away from each other, 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: so I couldn't tell. What did you try squinting? I did? Uh? 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: And I shaved so she didn't even recognize me. I know, 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: I saw that picture. Man, you look great. Yeah, thanks 13 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: so nice. It's just luxurious. Well, the beards coming back already, 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: huh from the second I shaved it, technically it started 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: coming back. That is true. Are you one of those 16 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: people who say, like, yeah, from the moment we're born, 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: we start dying. God, you know they're the pits. No, 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: hungrowing it back at It was just a little, uh, 19 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: just a little change of pace. You know. That's good. 20 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: Must have felt really weird. Uh, it does still feel 21 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: pretty weird at times. Well that's good. Well four days later, yeah, So, Chuck, 22 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: I want to talk about something else that's weird besides 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: the feeling of having just shaved off a beard after 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: fifteen million years, which, by the way, if you want 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: to see that picture, you can go to the movie 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: Crush page on Facebook and see that absolutely. And now 27 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: continue the weird thing I want to talk about today, Chuck. 28 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: Are hummingbirds. Hummingbirds, Yes, so they are weird, but they're 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: weird in all of like the most delightful ways. I 30 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: love hummingbirds, love them, and I love them even more 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: now that I know more about him. You just, Grandma, 32 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: the air snapped the wings off and popped like you 33 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: think a quail doesn't produce much meat hummingbird. I have 34 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 1: like forty of those for dinner at least that might 35 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: just be an appetizer. And good luck catching him though, 36 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: right they are hard to catch. But I have a story. Um, 37 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: there was a hummingbird once that got into my house 38 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: and it was for freaking out. It was basically just 39 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: smacking its head against the ceiling. I know. It was 40 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: very sad. So I got a chair and I just 41 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: held my hand up just right by it, and it 42 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: stopped freaking out and perched on my hand. I had 43 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: a hummingbird perched motionlessly on my hand, and it stayed 44 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: there long enough for me to stick my hand out 45 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: the window and it flew off. How many how many 46 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: years ago? Was this? That was a while back? I mean, 47 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: were you a child? No, No, I was I was 48 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: a man. I must have smelled great too, because the 49 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: hummingbird chose to trust me. But I thought that was 50 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: just one of the coolest things ever. That's pretty amazing. Um, 51 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: a guy in our neighborhood yesterday got attacked by an owl. 52 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: So that's on the other end of the bird human 53 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: interaction spectrum. Yeah, an owl or the Jersey devil. It 54 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: really apparently it's not uncommon to get attacked by an owl. Yeah. 55 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: I mean, we've got a big one that um makes 56 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: an almost every evening fly over our backyard to the 57 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: big forest behind our yard from across the street, and 58 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: we love this thing. But I didn't know that. I 59 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: didn't know that they attacked people like this. But it 60 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: happens your your neighbor, talking rabbit. I don't have a 61 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: neighbor to where it goes. It's an empty house, so 62 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: maybe that's why they like it. So No, who was 63 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: attacked though your neighborhood. Not a neighbor, but just I 64 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: saw it on the neighborhood facebook page. Some guy was attacked. 65 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Like the owl came down and talent his head. It's crazy. 66 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: Imagine that that killed. I wonder if the guy was like, oh, look, 67 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: because as are huge. I wonder if he's like, man, 68 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: I look at that thing. Hey, he's coming at me. 69 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, you've got talents in 70 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: your skull. Oh my god. All right, stop diverting attention 71 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: from hummingbirds. Yeah. So hummingbirds. Uh, they are with the family. Uh. 72 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: I had it. I had it earlier and it's really 73 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: not hard. Uh truck ala day, truck a delay, roca 74 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: lead and they are related to the swift's uh. And 75 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: you know hummingbirds, he said, the little bitty fellas. They 76 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: weigh between two and twenty grahams. They have those long 77 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: pointy noses that they love to stick in flowers. And 78 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: they have these wings that and boy, when we get 79 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: into the fascinating facts about the hummingbird and is those 80 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: little wings, it gets pretty amazing. But one of the 81 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: things I'm gonna go ahead and spoil from later and 82 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: this this stuff you put together was that what's so 83 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: remarkable about about hummingbirds and how they fly is that 84 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: they you know, usually when you see a bird fly, 85 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: they flap down and that provides their lift. Hummingbirds like, 86 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: no way, buddy, you gotta you gotta get that thing 87 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: working in both directions, double your pleasure up and down. 88 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: That is how a hummingbird is able to hover and 89 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: go in reverse and do all those crazy things is 90 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: because it's not just flapping, it's flipping and flapping. Yeah, 91 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: they're the only vertebrate animal that can hover like a helicopter. 92 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: It's like the Blue Thunder of birds. Whenn't that Roy 93 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: Scheider movie that was a good one. I think I 94 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: wasn't allowed to watch that because there's some sexy stuff 95 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: in there. There is the Yeah, the Blue Thunder peaks 96 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: in some windows, if you know what I mean. Yeah, 97 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: And it came out at a time when I would 98 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: watch movies with my mom and she was like, you 99 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: need to leave the room. Yeah. I don't think I 100 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: was allowed to watch it at first either, but I 101 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: think come out of snuck it. Oh, I see what 102 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: you mean so um. One of the things that that 103 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: makes hummingbirds so well known, aside from their incredible agility 104 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: and being the only vertebrate that can hover in midair, 105 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: is just the look of them. Because if you've ever 106 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: looked at a hummingbird from afar, you're like, oh, that 107 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: thing's okay. It's just a kind of a normal looking bird. 108 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: And then it just moves and catches the sun like 109 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: just right, and all of a sudden, this splash of 110 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: metallic jewel like color just crosses its throat and chest, 111 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: and you say, the hummingbird is truly great. Yeah, it's amazing. 112 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: It's sort of like the butterfly, uh wings and that 113 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: if you catch it at the right angle, you get 114 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: that that metallic sort of shiny color and it's and 115 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: it's sort of for the same reason those gorgets, which 116 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: is that uh, that reflective stuff on the upper chest 117 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: of the hummingbird, and like the throat area, it's not 118 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: actual pigment, it is the structure of the physical structure 119 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: of those feathers is little air bubbles inside there that 120 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: reflect that light. Right, Yeah, and I'm pretty sure we 121 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: I mean, we did an episode on um butterfly wings iridescence. Yeah, 122 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure it is the exact same thing 123 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: in butterfly wings is in that gorge at that clutch 124 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: of feathers in the hummingbird. Yeah, so it not only 125 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: reflects it, but also like bulks it up to pretty 126 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: neat stuff. So, man, sorry, I guess I'm kind of 127 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: flemy today. I don't know why, but um my, apologies 128 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: for being flemy. So um. One thing I didn't realize 129 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: about hummingbirds is there's three and thirty eight species that 130 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: we know of, and all of them are found in 131 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: the America's Did you know that. I don't think I did, 132 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: But they are found like all throughout the Americas, from 133 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: Chile all the way up to a southern Alaska and Canada. 134 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: They've got a pretty wide range. But the thing is 135 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: that things are so small, so tiny and so um 136 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: unable to maintain a decent body temperature that they basically 137 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: follow the summer. Yeah, and they all diverged from a 138 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: single common ancestor about twenty two million years ago. And 139 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: the kind of the cool thing is that they keep 140 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: changing and their rate of speciation is really pretty incredible. 141 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: It's it's supposedly going to outpace their rate of extinction, 142 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: and we're going to see well we won't see it 143 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: because we'll be dead in the next forty years. But 144 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: but human beings, if we're still around that is, are 145 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna see the number of species of hummingbird double to 146 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: what we have today. But it's going to be a 147 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: few million years, so don't expect that anytime soon. Yeah, 148 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: but it is pretty cool just to think that, you know, 149 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: they're still in the midst of their evolutionary history and 150 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: like right the middle of it. You know, I like 151 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: that about them. So UM, you know, being that that 152 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: multi varied species all the way from Patagonia up to Alaska. UM, 153 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: they have learned to adapt to a bunch of different 154 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: niches and habitats, right. So you can find UM hummingbird 155 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: species in like sub sea level deserts. You can find 156 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: them up in the Andes. There's actually a lot of 157 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: different species that live in the Andes Mountains. UM. You 158 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: can find the bulk of them in tropical forests, UM. 159 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: Around the tropics of the New World. UM. And they've 160 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: adapted like really well to their different environments. Some migrate, 161 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: some don't, UM, but all of them are very tiny. Yeah, 162 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: they're cute little little things. As if you look up 163 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: a picture of the bee hummingbird just prepared for one 164 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: of the kut this little I mean, it looks like 165 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: it looks fake. Yeah, do you know it doesn't look 166 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: like a bird could actually be that small without becoming 167 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: an insect. It's gonna just collapse into insect form at anymore. 168 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: But look it up online. The little b hummingbird from 169 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: Cuba ways about one point nine five grams. We don't 170 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: get those here in Georgia, the only kind. And I 171 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: think how many species are there in the United States, 172 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: About seventeen or eighteen that's what I saw, But only 173 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: that ruby throated is the one that we're going to 174 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: get here on the East coast. Yeah, and and just 175 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: to go, like to double that up, man, one point 176 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: nine five grams. Somebody did the math, and you could 177 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: mail fourteen of those things with one supposed to stamp 178 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: in the United States. Just smash them down flat. There's 179 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: not right. There's not a single species of hummingbird that 180 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: breaks an ounce and wait um, which is to say 181 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: that the largest hummingbird species there is the giant hummingbird, 182 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: which is kind of a contradiction in terms, it's still 183 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: smaller than an Atlantic canary. Wow, the giant hummingbird is 184 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: still canary size. So this is a very tiny group 185 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: of birds. Well, and this is the stat that gets me, 186 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: And this is the one I texted Emily because we 187 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: love our hummingbirds like all normal humans. Um, the eggs 188 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: of the ruby throated hummingbird that we have here in 189 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: Georgia are the size of a p Can you believe that? 190 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: Did you look up their um their nests pictures of 191 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: their nests. They're gorgeous. It looks like something you'd buy 192 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: on Etsy. They look kind of like made of felt. 193 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: Because hummingbirds use spider silk. They take old spider webs 194 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: and use them as thread to weave like um their nests, 195 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: along with plant fibers and leaves and twigs to give 196 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: it kind of the spongy, velvety, super cush feel for 197 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: their little bit babies velvety mouth feel exactly. So we're 198 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: gonna talk a lot about the hummingbird flying and because 199 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: it's pretty remarkable. It's one of the most remarkable things 200 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: in nature. Like I think it's right up there with 201 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: like the chromatophors of the octopus and uh, I was 202 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: about to spoil our live show, but maybe I should. 203 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: Are we ever gonna be on stage again? I don't know, 204 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: but let's just hold onto it just in case. All right, 205 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep that in our back pocket. But the wings, 206 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 1: the wing muscles of hummingbird account to about of its 207 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: total body weight. So this thing is all like it 208 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: it It never has legs. Day at the gym, it's 209 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: always do an upper body and the legs are tiny 210 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: and weak, and they really don't walk. I mean, they 211 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: can perch, but if you see a hummingbird, they're going 212 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: to be moving. If you notice, you never see a 213 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: hummingbird just kind of strolling around in your on your 214 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 1: deck or something. Yeah, they kind of have legs similar 215 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: to David Cross's character in that Titanic sketch from Mr. Show. 216 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: Do you remember, So that's he's kind of Hummingberg like 217 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: in that respect. But yeah, if your legs are that 218 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: week and your wings are that strong, you're gonna spend 219 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: most of your time in mid air. And they basically do, 220 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: although they do you know, they nest on branches, they 221 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: sleep on branches, they do perch. They made on branches. 222 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: As we'll see on your finger. Apparently they palm in 223 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: your hand. Oh, it was palm in your hand. It 224 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: was the palm in my hand. Yeah, I gave it 225 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: plenty of space. Um. And then they also sometimes will 226 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: sleep upside down, just kind of dangling from a twig 227 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: or something with their spinley little legs like a bat. Yeah. 228 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: So the just some amazing stats about their their ability 229 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: to fly. Like we said, they're the only vertebrate they 230 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: can hover in place. They can also fly upside down backward. Um. 231 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: They really are big time show offs. They can get 232 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: up to speeds of more than forty five miles per hour. 233 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: God knows how many kilometers per hour that is. It's 234 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: a lot on some of their dives. But even like 235 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: an average speed for them of just flying around you 236 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: know where they're not just you know, going from flower 237 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: to flower, but they're like say, traveling from place to place, 238 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: is you know, thirty plus miles an hour. That's pretty impressive. No, 239 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: it's super impressive. And if you think, man, a, how 240 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: fast are those little wings going and be what is 241 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: their little cardiovascular system doing? It's it's doing exactly what 242 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: you think it is. They have their heart beats about 243 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: two times per minute when it's hanging out and doing nothing, 244 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: about times a minute when it's flying, and those wings 245 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: range from seventy up and down strokes per second or 246 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: I wonder if that's if that counts as one or two, 247 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: And I was wondering that myself, and I'm not sure 248 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: that that is answered. At the very least, we're not 249 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: going to answer it because we don't have that answer. Well, 250 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: how about it doesn't matter because either way it's a ton. 251 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: It's either it's seventy times per second when they're just 252 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: flying normally around to get some some good sweet stuff. 253 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: But that courtship dive, which we're gonna talk about a 254 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: little later that you mentioned about two hundred times per 255 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: second those wings are flapping, Yeah, and I actually know 256 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: that you say it. If they're kind of doubling up 257 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: what a flap is, then maybe hummingbirds aren't so impressive 258 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: after all. Lazies, so chuck. When you're flapping your wings 259 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: a hundred or two hundred times per second, depending on 260 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: whether you're counting the upbeats and the downbeats as a 261 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: single flap or not. Um you need like a lot 262 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: of energy to do that, and as a result, The 263 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: hummingbird typically eats about two to three times its own 264 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: weight and food every day. Yeah, like if that was 265 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: a human, you would, uh, let me see here, that's 266 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: the equivalent of about it. Two hundred and eighty five 267 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: pounds of hamburger? Is that? And three hundred and seventy 268 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: pounds of potatoes? No? I think each of these Okay, 269 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: so take your pick. If you want to eat just hamburger, 270 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: it would be two five pounds a day. That's a 271 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: whole cow. That's uh yeah, I think a little bit. 272 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: I think cows way more than that. But well, but 273 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: as far as usable beef, I don't know. There you go. 274 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm sorry for any vegetarians out there by me saying 275 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: usable beef just made wretch in your mouth. Maybe it's 276 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: an album name now that I think about usable beef 277 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: by the band what Jungle X. Right. So, uh, yeah, 278 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: they eat a lot because they need to, and um, 279 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: it's like it's like fourth of July for them every day. Yeah, 280 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: pretty much three two to three times their own waiting food. Yeah, 281 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: and this is uh we're talking about just on normal days. 282 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: Can we talk a little bit about the migration and 283 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: what they need to beef up, then I think we should. 284 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: So they migrate like we like we talked about, they're 285 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: not exactly sure what triggers that they think. Maybe they 286 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: see the change in daylight like some other animals and 287 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: birds do, or maybe just the fact that flowers, you know, 288 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: what the flowers are doing. But I think that that's 289 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: the one, that's the big one, because they can't go 290 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: for more than a few hours without food, so they 291 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: need to go where the plants are flowering, it right, 292 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: They just kind of follow that, and I guess they're 293 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: always connected to that, those subtle changes in the flowering exactly. 294 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: So during this migration, their heart beats about in sixty 295 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: times a minute, and they have to gain because they're trekking. 296 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: I mean sometimes they're they're flying over the Gulf of 297 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: Mexico and one shot over the course of a few days. 298 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: So they need to bulk up big time. They gain 299 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 1: about their body weight before they start this migration. And 300 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: if we're going to do the human equivalent again for this, 301 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: if you were person that wagh a hundred and seventy pounds, 302 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: that means you'd have to gain up to about two 303 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: fifty five in a few weeks time, Like Christian bale Esque. 304 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: I know in just a few weeks, man, that's crazy. 305 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: So um. One of the things that's so impressive about 306 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: the hummingbird is just how far it can fly in 307 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: a day, especially for how small it is, you know. Um, 308 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: they they average something like twenty three miles a day 309 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: when they're migrating. But the ruby throated hummingbird the one 310 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: that it's the only one that you'll find east of 311 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: the Mississippi. So if you see a hummingbird in your 312 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: east of the Mississippi, you can be like a ornithologist 313 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: for once in your life and be like, that's a 314 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: ruby throat at hummingbird. Um. They they actually can travel 315 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: for extraordinarily long stretches, and they do because their wintering 316 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: grounds are in the Yucatan, but they hang out in 317 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: Florida during the other part of the year, I guess 318 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: during the summer, and so they travel over the Gulf 319 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: of Mexico, they think, and when they do that, they 320 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: do it in like a straight five miles stretch within 321 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: eighteen to twenty two hours without stopping. That's that's incredibly impressive, 322 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: it really is. But then there was a study in 323 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: two thousand and sixteen that found they could go even further, right, Yeah, 324 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: they said, you know, physiologically, in theory they could fly 325 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: close to fourteen hundred miles without stopping if they needed to. 326 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: That's crazy. That's that'd be like flying from Atlanta to Albuquerque. 327 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: If you want a reference. That means nothing to nobody. 328 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: So if you're wondering when they rest, when they finally 329 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: get down to that sweet soil in Mexico, they can 330 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: enter torpor, which we've talked about before. It is sort 331 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: of hibernation light really deep sleep like state. Their metabolic 332 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: functions are really slowed. I think they can drop their 333 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: their body temperature by thirty to forty Greece fahrenheit. They 334 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: lower that heart rate from about twelve beats per minute 335 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: to as few as fifty And they do this after 336 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: they after they migrate, but they can do this anytime 337 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: they need to, and they do. Yeah, they do um 338 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: And also I think it depends on where they live 339 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: because hummingbirds, like I said, a lot of them live 340 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: in the andes, like high up on the mountain side, 341 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: and even in the summer, it can get kind of 342 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: cool there. So when the temperature cools enough that it 343 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: makes no sense for them to keep up their metabolic 344 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: rate to try to meet their hundred and five degree 345 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: hype body temperature, they'll enter torpor and that's just what 346 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: they do for sleep. Um and one of the other 347 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: things that I want to point out about them living 348 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: in the Andes, Chuck, This is all really just a 349 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: segue for this amazing fact they live in the Andes, 350 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 1: despite the fact and there are some species that are 351 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: native to the Andies, not just like migrating to that's 352 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: where they live as the Andies. Despite the fact that 353 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: they have these high metabolic rates and they need more oxygen. Well, 354 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: there's just inherently less oxygen in the air are up 355 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: in the mountains, and it's harder to hover because the 356 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: air is thinner. And yet they are so successful there 357 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: in the Andies that up above a certain line, there's 358 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: no insects, and so it's up to the hummingbirds exclusively 359 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: to pollinate all the flowering plants up there. Yeah, I mean, 360 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: I think that's that's probably why, like they have the 361 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: market cornered up there. They're like, all right, well, let's 362 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: adapt so we can kind of own this area. And 363 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: not only that, I don't think we mentioned that sometimes 364 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: if you're a small enough hummingbird and there's a big 365 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 1: enough insect, the insect is can can win that battle. 366 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: In hummingbird world, the insect eat you. Alright, Branson, misery, 367 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: Let's take a break. I figured that was going to 368 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: trigger a breage. All right, Well we'll come back right 369 00:21:48,880 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: now to talk more about hummingbirds. Okay, Chuck, So we're 370 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: talking more about hummingbirds. Um. One of the things that 371 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,239 Speaker 1: I really feel like we just need to underscore here 372 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: is that they are metabolic wonders. They live on this 373 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: edge of survival where they will die if they go 374 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: a few hours without food. Like, do you know how 375 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: many days you a human being can go without food 376 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: before you die, as long as you have water and 377 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: maybe access to a couple of vitamins or whatever. We 378 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: did a podcast on that at some point, I'm pretty 379 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: sure we did. Yeah, Angus Barber or Barbie, I can't remember. Um, 380 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: they die within hours, so they constantly have to search 381 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: for food sources. Yeah, that's why you see them flitting 382 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: about constantly there, always looking for food. M But it's 383 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: also one of the reasons why they're known as potentially 384 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: the most unsociable and most territorial bird in existence. Yeah, 385 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: they don't like hanging out with each other. Um. There 386 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: are some exceptions that we're going to talk about, but 387 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: they generally don't don't like hang out together. They don't 388 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: like hanging out with other birds. At the end of 389 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 1: the day, when everyone's just sing songing by the shoreline, 390 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: hummingbirds are like, no, screw you, guys, I gotta eat. 391 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: And not only do I have to eat, I gotta 392 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: make a little hummingbird p eggs. And we talked about 393 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: this courtship dive. We kind of teased it out. This 394 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: is pretty incredible. Uh, and this is you know, one 395 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: of a lot of times in mating rituals you'll see 396 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: the males doing these kind of big fancy shows, Yeah, 397 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: trying and dogs playing poker. That was that was all about. 398 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: The photographer was a female dog, and so you'll, I 399 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: guess it wasn't a photograph, was it. It It was probably painting. 400 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: I think about it and stuff. You should know, world, 401 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: It was a photograp but it was a tin type 402 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: so it was very old. It's so um, it was funny. 403 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: I was telling my daughter today about my bed. She 404 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 1: always loves hearing stories about me and my brother as 405 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 1: a kid. And I was telling her about my teenage 406 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: bedroom and I was like, i'll show you a picture 407 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: one day. I've got pictures. And she said, you had 408 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: a phone when you were little, and I was like, oh, boy, 409 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: that's what it's like these days. And I had to 410 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: explain that, you know, this phone, camera and a phone 411 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: is kind of a new thing, Like they used to 412 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: be two different pieces of equipment. Yes, they were two 413 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: very bulky different pieces of equipment. And a phone used 414 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: to be attached to your wall in your kitchen. Oh yeah, 415 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: that's true. But if you were, you know, super wealthy, 416 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: you have when it was really really long, because that's 417 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: exactly the deal. So, uh. The courtship dive is when 418 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: the mail was trying to attra act the female for 419 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: a little loving They will fly up in the air 420 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: really high, about fifty or sixty ft and then dive 421 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: bomb toward the female as fast as it can go, 422 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: and they're they are flying the whole way. They're not 423 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: just they don't tuck the wing back and the wings 424 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: back like you're parachuting or something like. They're flying as 425 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: fast as they can right at this lady's face and 426 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: within inches of her head going full tilt. They just 427 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: pull up real quick and they hit her in the 428 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: arm twice and say two for flinching. They put on 429 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: the brakes and she flies right by. But that's what 430 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: they do is crazy. They fly right at their face 431 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: and then stop. If the female gets a little turned on, 432 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: she might flit about in the air with them, and 433 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: then that's where people might think, oh, look at those 434 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: two hummingbirds are up in the air having sex. Not 435 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: true now, and maybe your mom would tell you that 436 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: you need to leave the room because hummingbirds are doing 437 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: it right there. But that's not what they're doing. They 438 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: actually they actually um copulate perched on a branch, um man. 439 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: The female lands on the branch. Sometimes, like you said, 440 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: she'll join them in the air. Other times she'll just 441 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: be like, come on down here, you you win, let's 442 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: go and um. The male mounts are from behind on 443 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: the branch, and just like with everything else, the hummingbirds 444 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: are super quick at sex too. Apparently it takes about 445 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: four seconds and then that's it, like wham bam, thank 446 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: you ma'am, yep, and the male flies away. He doesn't 447 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: hang around and see if it took he goes on 448 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: to have sex with another female, and uh, the lady 449 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: goes like, what is this a fern bar? Who are you? 450 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: Jack tripper? And so she goes off and builds a 451 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: nest and does all the parenting. Like I said, you know, 452 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 1: they don't mate for life. They don't even stick around 453 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: after they mate at all. It's just they're in, they're out, 454 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: they're gone. And I mean you might think, well, that's 455 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: that's a pretty big bummer, poor poor female. Poor yeah, 456 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: poor lady hummingbirds. That that's exactly how they want it. Because, 457 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: like we said, as as the species is known as 458 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: or all of the species, the hummingbird is known as 459 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: the most territorial bird. So it seems, at least as 460 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: far as natural selection is concerned, females prefer this arrangement 461 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: no pair and printing um or mating pair and printing 462 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: to where they just do all the work themselves, because 463 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: that means that they can also have their own access 464 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: to their food source, to where no matter what the 465 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 1: what the male hummingbird is going to bring the table 466 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: and say childbearing or whatever, it's not worth the food 467 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: that this female would have to share. And that's where 468 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: their territoriality comes from because remember, hummingbirds live on this 469 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,479 Speaker 1: edge of survival where if they go for hours without food, 470 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: they will die. So they are really really protective of 471 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: their food source, to the point where a female hummingbird 472 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 1: would preferably raised young on her own then share her 473 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: food source with the male. Yeah, I mean it's kind 474 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: of cool. Actually, I get the picture that the female 475 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: hummingbird is like, I need you for one thing. It 476 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: takes four seconds, and believe me, if I could go 477 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: to a sperm bank, I would prefer that. Honestly, I thought, 478 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna say, believe me, you're gonna have the time 479 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: of your life. But those four seconds will be a 480 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: wild ride, my friend. That's right. Come come meet me 481 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: on this branch over here, baby, and tho it's gonna 482 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: be a it's gonna be a stone gas Hey, baby, 483 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: come here. So those gorgets that we were talking about, 484 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: those really colorful, iridescent, sort of fluffy chest and neck 485 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: feathers of the male um Like with many animals, the 486 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: more brightly colored and showy that is, the more the 487 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: female might be attracted because that might indicate that male 488 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: bird's fitness because you know, you gotta takes a lot 489 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: of work to keep that that hairstyle up. So he 490 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: must be pretty pretty strong and have, you know, pretty 491 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: good at organizing his day to day uh list to 492 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: do effectively the exact same signals that Joe Dirt put 493 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: out with his hair. You know, he was obviously very 494 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: genetically fit and ready to get I never saw that, 495 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: you should. It's definitely it's got a lot of heart. 496 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: I think I say that every time you say you 497 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: never saw it, but it's worth checking out for sure. 498 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: I'm it's one of those ones. You know, some don't 499 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: age very well. I think it came poorly aged right 500 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: out of the right out of the production facility, but 501 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: that that's one of the great beauties of it. It's 502 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: definitely worth seeing. Well, speaking of uh aged right out 503 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: of the shoot. Um. That's kind of the deal with 504 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: hummingbird babies too. The mom doesn't there's not a lot 505 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: of teaching and like here, let me show you the robes. 506 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: It's kind of like, all right, this is the world 507 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: you've been hatched from your little piece eyed egg. Now 508 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: go out there and be a hummingbird learn learn it 509 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: all on your own, kiddo. But what's amazing though, is 510 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: that they do learn this on their own. They have 511 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: astounding memories, to the point where when they migrate people 512 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: who put out feeders, which will talk about in a 513 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: little bit UM for hummingbirds, note that the same ones 514 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: um or what they believe is the same one, comes 515 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: back year after year. And what's even more astounding, frequently 516 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: on the same day of the year, the same date, 517 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: the same humming bird will come back year after year 518 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: on this on his or her migration, right, And that 519 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: they just understand this, they knows. And part of it, yes, 520 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: is following flowers and the blooming patterns of flowers. But 521 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: they also think it they might have UM some sort 522 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: of magnetic compass built in that possibly part of their 523 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: pineal gland, which is light sensitive, is used. UM manages 524 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: to use the sun as a compass. UM And that 525 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: they have a sounding memories somehow, some way, because apparently 526 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: their brain is about the size of a grain of 527 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: rice in most cases. Yeah, And the other thing they'll 528 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: go too is if they have UM speaking of coming 529 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: back to the buffet, if they have a a patch 530 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: of flowers, let's say, on your property that they just love, 531 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: they'll be like, all right, this is this is mine. 532 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go ahead and claim this. I'm gonna 533 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: come back here because you've got all the good stuff. 534 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: My beak fits that flower just perfectly. And uh and 535 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: we'll talk here in a minute more about what they 536 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: eat and why. But they will, they will fiercely protect 537 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: that little patch of flowers that they love so much 538 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: and go back to it time and time again. Yes, 539 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: So that's where their territoriality comes from, is protecting food sources, 540 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: and not just food sources, Like I've been growing this 541 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: patch of flowers all summer. Stay away. They could stop 542 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: somewhere for a half of an hour and um or 543 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: colloquially half hour um, and we'll still protect like that 544 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: flower patch that they stopped by if somebody comes along 545 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: and tries to get it. And the whole reason that 546 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: they do this is because, like they eat nectar along 547 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: with some other stuff, and it takes a really long 548 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: time for a flower to produce nectar. So the hummingbird 549 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,959 Speaker 1: would love to just have to go to the flower 550 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: once and get the full dose of nectar, but they 551 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: can't just wait around because other things will um come 552 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: and eat there the nectar they've been hanging out for 553 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: so they've developed this secondary behavior, which is territoriality, where 554 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: they'll chase off other hummingbirds. They'll chase off over the birds. 555 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: They've been known to chase off hawks even if the 556 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: hawk comes a little close for their comfort. Yeah, and 557 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: they'll you know, I think early on in the in 558 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: the Hummingbird uh Council of nineteen fift they said all 559 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: the socialist hummingbirds got together and said, hey, if we 560 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: all relax, just let that nectar build up, it'll be 561 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: a lot easier to eat. And all the other you know, 562 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: the little I'm not gonna I don't want to get 563 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: cool here. But there were some hummingbirds that were like, no, 564 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: ay man, I'm not playing ball. I'm gonna get in 565 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: there and get that nectar whenever I feel like it. Right, 566 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: So the you couldn't work it out, no, and the ones, 567 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: the other ones that wouldn't go along with it, fired 568 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: all the air traffic controlling hummingbirds. That's right, Yeah, I 569 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: think we should take a break. I think so let's 570 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: take a break and we'll finish up about what they 571 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: eat and all about those little feeders that you have 572 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: in your backyard. Right after this okay, chuck, so um. 573 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: Everybody knows that hummingbirds eat nectar, and that's definitely true, 574 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: and they're very well adapted to eat nectar. They have 575 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: this tube like tongue that apparently uses a wicking action 576 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: to soak up nectar from a flower on a plant, 577 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: and they do this. This tongue can actually carry a 578 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: load of nectar into their mouths like thirteen times a 579 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: second fast. Not that surprising that they're doing this super 580 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: fast too, but um, it's still pretty impressive. But it's 581 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: not just nectar. It's not the only thing that they eat. 582 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: And actually people found out the hard way that they 583 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:38,280 Speaker 1: didn't just eat nectar because captured hummingbirds who were studied 584 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: in the in in captivity died pretty quickly when all 585 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: they were given was like a sugar water solution or 586 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: even a nectar solution. And so they came to realize 587 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: that they actually eat a lot of insects too, And 588 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: that's one of the great things about hummingbirds. In addition 589 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: to being pollinators, they're also really big at insect controls. 590 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: And one of the insects that they eat or blood 591 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: sucking mosquitoes, Yeah, mosquitoes, little spiders. Uh. And this is 592 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 1: in addition to I don't think we mentioned, uh, the 593 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,479 Speaker 1: one thousand to two thousand flower blossoms that they will 594 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: go poke every single day. M hm. So that's why 595 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean when we talk about these these hummingbirds are 596 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 1: are food scavengers. Up to two thousand flowers a day. 597 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,439 Speaker 1: That's pretty intense, it really is. So that makes them 598 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: very very important pollinators. Like we said in the andies, 599 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: where you know you're above the insect line, it's just 600 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: up the hummingbirds to pollinate flowers. So when they're going 601 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: from flower to flower getting that nectar, if you pretend 602 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: that evolution is a living, breathing thing, evolution has created 603 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: this arrangement where the flower produces a nectar treat in 604 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 1: exchange or to attract the little hummingbird. And then when 605 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: the hummingbirds getting its little nectar treat, the flower just 606 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,720 Speaker 1: kind of goes, here's a little pollen on your forehead. 607 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: Go find another flower that looks like me, and you'll 608 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: find another nectar treat and then transfer this pall in 609 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: while you do so, they pollinate a lot of um 610 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 1: important stuff. And uh, in addition to to eating lots 611 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 1: of bugs, so they're just all around great animals. Yeah, 612 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: and uh, they love that nectar. If you're thinking about 613 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: flowers in your own garden, if you want to attract 614 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: some hummingbirds, they want to sugar content of about. Um. 615 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: It can't be too It can't be like a Windy's 616 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: frosty because they're using that That tongue acts sort of 617 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: like a straw, So you've gotta get that spoon with 618 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: the frosty. You can't suck that thing up. If you try, 619 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna pass out in your car while you're driving. 620 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: Always look crossing so that that sugar concentrated can't be 621 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: too too sticky um, because like I said, they're sucking 622 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: that thing up. Um. Oftentimes you'll see red or orange 623 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: petals or bracts. Um. They're often long and tubular because 624 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: that long tongue and beak can get in there when 625 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: others can't. So that kind of gives them the market 626 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 1: cornered on that particular flower. It keeps out posers, it does. 627 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: And this is the cool thing. Those flowers that you 628 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: see that sort of trumpet downward. You know, unless you 629 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: can hover, you're out of luck there. So they love 630 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: these things because they can hover yep um. So there's 631 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 1: a lot of actually, there's a lot of plants that 632 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: have flowers that kind of fit this bill, and most 633 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: hummingbirds aren't really fit the bill man. That was an 634 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: unintentional I guess the beach. Well, you know the ducks. 635 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 1: Bill and ducks are birds right right, um so, but 636 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: they're not super specialized. They'll eat just about anything that 637 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: they can get nectar out of. But there are definitely 638 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: kinds of flowers that are UM have kind of co 639 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:48,359 Speaker 1: evolved with hummingbirds to kind of give them what they're 640 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: looking for more easily. But one of the problems with UM, 641 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: with human development, as with all things, is we kind 642 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: of have supplanted a lot of those kinds of flowers 643 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: good uses. If you have heard all this and you're like, 644 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: I wanna encourage hummingbirds to keep living, you can plant 645 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 1: these flowers pretty easy. Yeah. I sent this list to Emily. 646 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 1: Actually because we have our garden is very um. Our 647 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: garden is very much built for use UM for use 648 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:22,839 Speaker 1: and Emily's budding interest in herbalism and use for the 649 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: insects that we know and the birds that we know 650 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,839 Speaker 1: inhabit our area. So it's not just like, oh that's 651 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: pretty like we wanted to be a real thing that 652 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: works for our local environment. I can't remember who said it, 653 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: but there's a famous quote that nothing useless can ever 654 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: truly be beautiful, and I found that that is one 655 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: of the truest things ever said. Nothing useless, useless can 656 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: never truly be beautiful. I think that broke my brain. 657 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: What does that mean? It just means that use like usefulness, 658 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: like the the ability for something too to have a purpose, 659 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 1: is an important part of his existence. And so just 660 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: beauty alone doesn't justify the exast. That's what I thought 661 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: it was saying. But something felt like a double negative 662 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 1: in there. That kind of broke my brain a little bit, 663 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: you overthought, I so uh be bomb the the old 664 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: trumpet creeper um, which was Miles Davis's nickname for a 665 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: little while when he was drilling holes in bathroom wall. 666 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: The cardinal flower, the columbine, and the coral honeysuckle are 667 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: all very hummingbird friendly flowers and plants that you can 668 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 1: put in your yard. And I said that to Emily, 669 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: and I think we have a couple of these. We 670 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: used to have columbine and dump she's gonna bring that back, 671 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: and uh, we we're gonna see if we can get 672 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: some more hummingbird action in our in our backyard. That's awesome, 673 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:55,439 Speaker 1: some hot, sticky hummingbird act. Four seconds of pleasure. So um, 674 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: you can also just go get yourself a hummingbird feeder. Um. 675 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,000 Speaker 1: And a lot of people put red food die in there, 676 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: and that is actually a controversial move. There's some concern 677 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: among hummingbird enthusiasts UM that the die actually can be 678 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: harmful over long periods of time, maybe it can build up, 679 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 1: because again, hummingbirds have very tiny origins because they're a 680 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 1: very tiny bird, so introducing this artificial red dye might 681 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: not be the best idea. Other people say, that's totally unsubstantiated. 682 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: There's never been any proof that it actually harms hummingbirds. 683 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 1: And then the other people say, back, it's totally unnecessary. 684 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,080 Speaker 1: The bird's gonna find the sugar water either way, So 685 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,120 Speaker 1: why add the red dye just in case it is harmful? 686 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:43,440 Speaker 1: If it's just unnecessary. So most most hummingbird enthusiasts say, 687 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: don't put red dye in your hummingbird sugar water. Yes, 688 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,560 Speaker 1: and that UM solution mixture is important. You can't just 689 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: don't just dump a bunch of syrup and water together, 690 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 1: or a bunch of sugar cane or whatever. It is 691 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: four parts water to one part sugar, because they need, 692 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:04,839 Speaker 1: you know, specific sugar content of about and that four 693 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,399 Speaker 1: to one makes about if my math is correct, it does. 694 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,759 Speaker 1: It's is close enclose enough. So one of the other 695 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 1: ways you can help hummingbirds too is um in the 696 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 1: most delicious way by choosing coffee that has grown in 697 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: a situation that allows hummingbirds to thrive. Yeah, this is 698 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,680 Speaker 1: I didn't know about this. This is really cool. There 699 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,359 Speaker 1: there is certified bird friendly coffee because we were talking 700 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,800 Speaker 1: about the andies and the fact that the birds travel 701 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 1: great distances and elevations up and down these mountains, and 702 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: coffee is grown about halfway up these tropical mountains and 703 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: they have a lot of great you know flowers under 704 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: the shady canopy there, and it's a really nice home 705 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,840 Speaker 1: for hummingbirds there. And if you drink bird friendly coffee, 706 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,359 Speaker 1: that means that there they have these flowers and they're 707 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,680 Speaker 1: making sure they take care of these flowers, right, And yeah, 708 00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: it's it's um grown in a kind of like a 709 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:03,040 Speaker 1: simulated forest is closely simulated as possible. So you want 710 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,400 Speaker 1: to look for something that says it's bird friendly, rainforest 711 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 1: alliance and or shade grown, and that probably means that 712 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,920 Speaker 1: hummingbirds are thriving on those coffee plantations. And I went 713 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: and looked in my beloved bat Door from Bronson. Coffees 714 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: are all bird friendly of course and shade grown. Um 715 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: oh yeah, same here. I'm crazy for that. So I've 716 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 1: got a great, great blend for you, Um Trader Joe's 717 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:36,920 Speaker 1: Decalfe Beans half and the other half um bat Door 718 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:43,239 Speaker 1: from Bronson Whirling Dervish. It's it's the most amazing combination ever. 719 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,400 Speaker 1: Want to get that a shot. I don't you know, 720 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm not drinking coffee now because of it's not winter, 721 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: but Emily still has her latte every morning and she 722 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:55,680 Speaker 1: she just has their you know, their espresso beans coffee 723 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 1: is a three hundred and sixty five day a year activity. 724 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,240 Speaker 1: I know, not for me, but I get it. That's okay. 725 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:07,319 Speaker 1: I'm not going to yum your yuck. Very well done. 726 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,400 Speaker 1: So that's it for hummingbirds, right, that's it. Well, if 727 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: you want to know more about hummingbirds, get one to 728 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: land in your hand and study it up close and personal, 729 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 1: but don't mess with it because it's protected under the 730 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 1: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of the United States, and you 731 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,600 Speaker 1: could land in jail and pay up to a two 732 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: thousand dollar fine for harm and good. Uh And since 733 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,799 Speaker 1: I said two thousand dollar fine everybody, that means, of course, 734 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:39,280 Speaker 1: it's time for listener mayl I'm gonna talk about the 735 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,759 Speaker 1: exploding birthmark. Hey, guys, A big fan of the show, 736 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: which I listened to while I'm cooking breakfast, doing laundry 737 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,680 Speaker 1: and staring oh boy, get this and staring at one 738 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:55,600 Speaker 1: hundred thousand row Excel spreadsheets for work man, My soul 739 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,800 Speaker 1: just shuddered. I know. I recently listened to the episode 740 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,359 Speaker 1: on birth marks and thought even like to the story 741 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 1: of my birthmark that exploded. I was born with two birthmarks, 742 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: both of which have since been removed. One of those 743 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,040 Speaker 1: birth marks was dark brownish red and a circle on 744 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,920 Speaker 1: the inside of my right thigh. I didn't think much 745 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 1: of it because it wasn't very visible, and like you 746 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,800 Speaker 1: said on the show, lots of people have birth marks. However, 747 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 1: when I was in the third grade, my family and 748 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,920 Speaker 1: I were about to leave for my aunt's house to 749 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,400 Speaker 1: celebrate Thanksgiving. When I realized my pants kept sticking to 750 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,920 Speaker 1: my legs, I went to the bathroom and removed my pants, 751 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,839 Speaker 1: and I saw blood running down my leg. As a 752 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,400 Speaker 1: third grader who had not yet even learned about menstruation, 753 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: I assumed I was dying, so I freaked out. It 754 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,640 Speaker 1: turns out my birth mark was the result of a 755 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: vascular malformation the size of a small bouncy ball in 756 00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,040 Speaker 1: my inner thigh. The tangled up ball of veins had 757 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: ruptured that Thanksgiving morning, and I had to go to 758 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,120 Speaker 1: the e er where they stuck a tiny piece of 759 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 1: foam on my leg and probably charges about two thousand 760 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: dollars because hospitals. A few months later, I had it 761 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: surgically removed, and now I have a three inch long 762 00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:02,240 Speaker 1: scar instead of a birthmark. But because of my surgery, 763 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,520 Speaker 1: I wasn't allowed to run for a few weeks and 764 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 1: I got out of running the mile. So who's the 765 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:12,279 Speaker 1: winner now, Lucky, thanks for helping me seem really knowledgeable 766 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,840 Speaker 1: on very specific topics, and that it's from Bailey. Nice Bailey. 767 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: That was a great story. Pretty good. Bailey left out 768 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: that ironically, both the birthmark and the scar were in 769 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,359 Speaker 1: the shape of Satan. And by the way, Bailey says 770 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:32,319 Speaker 1: in the PS that the other birthmark was hemangioma on 771 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:38,400 Speaker 1: the bottom lip that was removed. So man, that's interesting stuff, 772 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:41,319 Speaker 1: very interesting. And what was the fact that I kept 773 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,919 Speaker 1: saying over and over again about haman Gioma's that they're 774 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,880 Speaker 1: tangled cluster of blood vessels. I don't think so, okay, 775 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,239 Speaker 1: So maybe there were two the same kind of birthmark. 776 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,920 Speaker 1: Maybe so well, Thanks a lot, Bailey, And if you 777 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,720 Speaker 1: want to get in touch with us, like Bailey didn't 778 00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:57,799 Speaker 1: share an amazing story, we're always up for those. 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