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Uploaded on Jan 6, 2010

See the full episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/1380512531
Biologist Doug Altshuler has turned his lab into a kind of hummingbird training center, where he can test the limits of their aerial agility. The key, he says, is hovering.

"Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air" aired on PBS Wednesday, September 28, 2011 and was part of the 28th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen in association with WNET.ORG for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episod...

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  • cutie6612

    i have a science project due some time in 4 weeks and i wanted to post a video so i find this video and it helped ALOT! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!

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    Glad it could help you!

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    Thank you PBS. I grew up watching the channel, and it is still to this day the only place I can find quality entertainment!

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  • 7410n0

    Difficulty. That's why.

    Observing hummingbirds/seals in the wild would takes decades.

    And in the case of seals, they dive under the water's surface for low periods of time, which makes following them next to impossible.

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  • nickserio35

    they're awesome lol

    

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  • TheErnestmarin

    What type of flight does the hummingbird use to obtain food?

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  • John Woods

    Insect wings

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  • Ibrahim Haseel

    "hummingbirds can flap their wings anywhere from 40-80 times in one second"

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    "hummingbirds can flap their wings anywhere from 40-80 times in one second"

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  • fadedsun303

    Why would anyone dislike this? 

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  • 11froilan

    I wish I were a hummingbird

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  • Sunflowers159

    That is so incredible! It's wonderful. I wish we had hummingbirds over here in the UK but it's too cold for them :(,

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  • MeanieMaxie

    They Look like they are swimming in the Air!!! amazing <3

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