Introduction: "Legend has it that in the early days, living in the dark underground, humans sent petite hummingbirds to find a tunnel to the light. ”
That's right! It's Hummingbird! It is composed and sung by Wu Qingfeng, the lead singer of soda green band.
Hummingbird painted by Wu Qingfeng. Image source: Baidu Encyclopedia
Hummingbirds, named after the humming sound of their wings when flying, resemble bees. All species of the hummingbird family are listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Jamaica's "national bird" is the red-billed streamertail, also known as the "doctor bird", which is unique to Jamaica and is one of the more beautiful hummingbirds.
Red-billed long-tailed hummingbird. Image source: Charismatic Planet
"Legend has it that humans were in the early days
Live in the dark underground
Petite hummingbirds were dispatched
Find the tunnel to the light."
At present, the world's oldest hummingbird fossil, more than 30 million years old, it can be seen that the ancestors of hummingbirds have appeared as far back as the Oligocene.
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world, mostly between 6-12 cm long and weighing 2.5-6.5 grams. Because of its small size, the hummingbird's skeleton is not easy to preserve as a fossil, so its evolutionary history remains a mystery to this day. But genetic analysis shows that hummingbird diversity continues to grow today, with new species producing more rates than extinctions.
Hummingbirds represent the "sun god" (or "god of war") Huzropicheri in Aztec mythology of the Amerindian lineage, symbolizing bravery, tenacity, and bravery in the face of fate. He brought fire to the world and brought happiness and hope to mankind.
At the Rockland Bird Feeding Sanctuary in Jamaica, the red-billed long-tailed hummingbird interacts intimately with humans and loves them. Dick Daniels shoots
"The legendary angry demon
It has set the earth on fire
A hummingbird collects clouds
Fire turned into a rainbow in the rain."
Hummingbirds have scaly plumage and iridescent feathers of red, orange, blue and green that shine with metallic luster. They sound long, as if singing.
The red-billed long-tailed hummingbird hovers lightly among the flowers. Photo by Rolf Nussbaumer
The red-billed long-tailed hummingbird sucks nectar. Alfred-Yan photographed
"What the hell are we after
Why keep rushing forward
Pinch the bleeding hands
Forget to be able to back off a little."
Flying upside down is a special skill of hummingbirds. They are the only birds that can fly back and forth and truly hover.
Hummingbirds flap their wings more than 50 times per second at a speed of about 50-65 kilometers per hour. Dick Daniels shoots
In the Amazon basin, there is a legend about why hummingbirds fly backwards. In fact, hummingbirds did not fly backwards before, but flew forward like other birds. Each member of the hummingbird family believes in the golden rule of "only forward, not backward", and if a timid person retreats, he will be besieged and pecked to death by other hummingbirds.
But a bushfire accidentally changed that. Because hummingbirds are inherently aggressive, they cannot tolerate raging fires in the forest. Under the command of the Hummingbird King, the hummingbirds threw themselves into the fire, only to be buried in the sea of fire. Seeing that the hummingbird family was about to die, a hummingbird wavered, and it tried to retreat. The Hummingbird King wanted to command the other hummingbirds to punish the deserters, but they flew backwards with the betrayers! Only The Hummingbird King and his Deadpool died in the fire, while the small number of survivors survived.
The newborn hummingbirds began to practice flying backwards and hovering in the air. If there had been no hummingbird who was willing to give in, the life of the hummingbird population would have ended with the fire. Amazonians often use this fable to educate their children that reckless impulses do not mean bravery, and that concessions to judge the situation are not cowardice!