Spinning hummingbird shakes off raindrops

[amoghakrishnas]

Awesome!

(Thats the clue!)

[intheshitter]

It looks like a miniature flying doggy

[sukablianah2]

Comments on this channel are one ofthe best ones!

[CON174th]

Shake it, shake it, Harlem shake it!

[intermender]

Isn't this more of a twist than a spin? Coulda used Bill Haley and the Comets :D

[DoctorPlausible]

Title should have said "hummingbirds found incapable of dancing to a beat".

[jeremyshambles]

the smiths made a song about this -oscillate wildly, it s about oscar wilde as well, instrumentally that is....

[murucuya]

Buenísimo, una criatura mágica.

[Horrormane]

Spinning bird kick !

[AcquiredKnowledge]

Wow newscientist....just....wow

[SoccerMan1337]

New dance craze maybe?

[djsuperstar717]

same as a dog...

[mikemurko]

Researcher's day: Eat cheerios, drive to forest, catch hummingbird, put hummingbird into cage, spray with water, film, spray with water, film, write dissertation, win nobel prize, go to sleep.

[Examinator91]

Go Go, hummingbird!!!

[crazybanditt]

It looked like a Ragdoll

[wrathallll]

humming bridz haz been dooozin this4years, its not new.

[Konve]

That's not a bird, it's a screwdriver.

[ITSDeonTM]

Not quite what I was hoping for, but still pretty legit! lol whip my beak back and forth.

[Crixe]

@ITSDeonTM like some bird that thinks it's a dog. :P

[pulmonaryarchery88]

i whip my beak back and forth

[jeebersjumpincryst]

I used to be a disaster victim, till I took an --> 2 the...

[jeebersjumpincryst]

?!?... . .  .

[austpom333]

Birds are grate

[Nuage151]

@austpom333 spelling is as well

[the12221]

oh wow!

it looks like his head is going to snaP!

[jawayetti]

Also see: Dog.

[breaneainn]

Forget the "talking head" narratives. These science "money shots' are the way to go. peace.

[weezcake]

This is a pivotal step in curing cancer.

[nickiscrazy88]

drill run

[Scienceprevails]

Could be used to dry off disaster victims.

[AstoundedAtheist]

My dog does that...

[Monobob74]

is it just me, or does new scientist have a fascination about how animals repel water

[Crixe]

@Monobob74 This reminds me of the first time I saw a slow motion capture of a dog after it had a bath. Lol.

[HellsPlumber]

I was looking forward to seeing a hummingbird spinning, but instead it was oscillating.

Day ruined.

[DimsimMaster]

@HellsPlumber its still spinning...

[bazellheather]

@HellsPlumber get'um!

[Nuage151]

@HellsPlumber meeeh ur right my dog does the same

[zkjgrty]

dangit! I wanna see normal speed... Oh wait, its too fast

[GabrielKnightz]

Never seen that before, cool. Like

[sorry8140]

seeing as it is flapping it's pecker around, would this be considered porn?

[enuvune]

exorcist shit.

[GetMeThere1]

NOTHING is cooler than hummingbirds.

[Zm4rf]

i do this sometimes

[alienkishorekumar]

Looks too much of human!

[WolfmanX1000]

EVERY DAY I'M SHUFFLIN'

[gamehead91]

Careful little fella ,you're going to break your neck.

[LukaszCegla]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww

[captcaveman4201]

hummingbirds and seahorses... are strange.

[mcgaugh57]

@captcaveman4201 compared to giraffes and zebras ?

[TheCoryKid]

I really thought it's neck was just going to snap.

[AntiProtonBoy]

no doubt one of the coolest flying machines

[L337Tom]

fail, first ≠ third

[mojes54]

@L337Tom Never said it did.

[dannynguyen123]

saving disaster victim one step at a time 

[manta965]

@dannynguyen123 I cant understand you logic. Sciences goal is to discover and learn, to figure out how things work. it doesn't need to "save disaster victims" or "cure cancer" to be science or something worth doing and who knows maybe one day we could build a robot like a humming bird to fly into disaster arias with extream precision in small spaces. my advice to you is to just stop being so dense and think more creatively. Dont bash science.

[JediNg135]

That's some badass coordination

[YourMomsMomsGrandma]

FIRST!

[alanochanman]

so if they do 1 headspin in the time of 2 wing flaps... that'd break my neck off

[kaasiits]

By far the weirdest birds that we know of xD