A hummingbird can beat its wings at 50 beats per second, which is so fast that it looks like a buzzing blur in the air. Hummingbirds are also able to zoom up to a flower at 40 kilometres per hour (24 miles per hour) and stop in an instant.
Starvation diet
Starvation diet The success of Australia's program to control its
wild rabbit population may be having a negative effect on some
native species. There has been a decline in the overall abundance
of some native species of animals, such as birds of prey, since the
rabbit control program began. Wild rabbits form a large part the
diet of Australia's raptors, such as the wedge-tailed eagle and
brown falcon. With less prey food available, the birds are breeding
less and their populations are declining. 31 OCTOBER 1998, P. 18
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