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HUMMINGBIRDS: SECRETS OF AN EVERGREEN BEAUTY

Hummingbirds, or the smallest birds in the world! Despite its small size, it holds a number of records! With the advent of extreme high-speed cameras, hummingbird research has gone through major advances over the last ten years.

 

Scientists recently made crucial discoveries about this fascinating bird:

Hummingbirds can fly higher than any other bird. When they flap their wings, they create two vortexes unlike other birds whose wing beats create a single vortex. They don’t detect the sugar content but the carbohydrates content in flower nectar. Their eyesight is more like insects’ than birds’…

 

Thanks to detailed computer graphics and spectacular Ultra high definition and high-speed footage, this film reveals a fascinating unknown side to these New World creatures.

Direction: Bertrand Loyer

Production: Saint Thomas Productions for ARTE G.E.I.E.

Delivery: End of 2025

Languages: French, English

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