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In the rainforest, life unfolds so large. There, giant trees grow, the sinuous vines and some plants of incredible beauty. As for the animals that live there, live a host of big game animals and microscopes. There are some colorful birds that do not look anything like the other parts of the world. There is no known as pretty as the hummingbird. In their feathers are conjugated everyone in rainbow colors more vivid shades that an artist can imagine.

The hummingbird is weak and short legs, the tail takes strange forms and is lined with various motifs. The beak is very long, sharp and keeps inside a tube-shaped tongue, which uses pair absorb nectar from flowers that provide their food. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards

Your way to fly is similar to an insect and held in an exact point of space thanks to the rapid vibration of their wings. When flying, it is very difficult to distinguish, and it seems as if his body was suspended in a vacuum while collecting nectar. This rapid vibration causes a whisper type noise.

The nest is shaped like a punchbowl and the size of a walnut. The female builds it without help from the male, on a low branch or a leaf. The construction material is vegetable fibers and bits of moss then fixed with cobwebs. As finished the nest, the female lays two eggs at about the size of a pea, and the incubation time needed. When the chicks are born, takes care of herself. At birth, the chicks are wide and flat peak. After sharpening them.