NATURE | Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air | Hovering | PBS
Duration: 04:17
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Nature #2705
Broadcast Date: Jan. 10, 2010
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.
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