Mini: Sword-Billed Hummingbirds

0:00Hey howdy and hippopotamus high fives my sleepy friend it's your old pal Dougie Pickles and I'm here with my sidekick the sleepiest cat in all of the land miss me oh me oh tonight we're going on a mini adventure and look we're not in our magical hot air balloon tonight instead miss me oh me oh and I are camping high in the misty mountains of South America the air smells like cool rain and blooming flowers and the clouds dripped past us like soft white blankets and of course we have our magical animal encyclopedia this

1:04wow's a rithic book let's us peek into the lives of animals from all around the world hmm which animal should we choose oh we have incoming messages we've got Carolyn from Utah Veda from New Hampshire Rosina from Toronto Canada and Dax from California and a special written request from Aileen in Oregon hello dr. Pickles and miss me oh me oh I would like a broadcast on shorted big hummingbirds my name is Veda and I live in New Hampshire please do it ever told about hummingbirds hi I'm Rosina from Toronto I'm five years

2:13old and I want to learn about hummingbirds hi my name is Dax I live in California I'm four and I want to stick the story about hummingbirds thank you what a wow's a rithic request our magical animal encyclopedia is glowing emerald green and rosy pink sparkling like dew on mountain petals that can only mean one thing we're about to meet the spectacular sword build hummingbird great idea miss me oh me oh before we go let's get nice and relaxed by taking a few deep

3:14breaths taking a deep breath through your nose and exhale through your mouth great job just one more time my sleepy friend taking a deep breath through your nose and then exhale through your mouth now for the magic words the page will flip let's take a trip oh wowza look at that incredible sword build hummingbird it's coming to life right on the page the sword build hummingbird is one of the most extraordinary birds in the whole wide world it's bill which you might also call it's beak

4:18is longer than the rest of its body it's like if you mix a hummingbird with Pinocchio most hummingbirds are tiny about the size of your palm and their eggs are even smaller about the size of a jelly bean but the sword build hummingbirds beak alone can be almost four inches long that's about as long as a juice box straw exactly miss me oh me oh it never has to knock on a door it can just ring the bell with its bell did you know that super long beak isn't just for show it helps the bird sip nectar from very deep flowers flowers that other

5:28hummingbirds simply can't reach when they hover in front of a flower they look like tiny jeweled helicopters suspended in mid air that's because they're feather shimmer green and bronze in the sunlight and their wings buzz so fast they blur into invisible fans and oh boy can they buzz about in fact they can fly backwards and even upside down and hear something funny because their bills are so long they can't use their feet to clean them like other birds do instead they use

6:34their tiny feet to scratch their heads while carefully bouncing that long delicate bill sword build hummingbirds also eat tiny insects for protein which helps keep their energy high even though they look delicate their strong flyers and can zip quickly between blossoms and just like other hummingbirds their hearts beat incredibly fast to power those non-stop wings my sleepy friend if you're ever in the and these mountains of South America you might come across a sword build hummingbird they love it there because the air is cool and flowers grow long and narrow like trumpet

7:44shaped tunnels their beaks and those flowers evolved together over time almost like they were designed as a perfect match you know what Miss Miao Miao that birds beak fits into flowers perfectly and that makes me think maybe each of us has gifts that fit perfectly somewhere too we just have to find the places where we'll bloom what a splendid horrific mini adventure Miss Miao Miao and I had such a wonderful time with you we hope to see you soon when we visit our next animal friend baby African penguins until next time my sleepy friend

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