True Facts: The Hummingbird Warrior

Not a moth. True Facts Poster! https://ze-true-store.myshopify.com/ PATREON:   / truefacts   CREDITS: MUSIC:   / querflote   Dr. Anusha Shankar (https://anushashankar.weebly.com/) for her guidance, enthusiasm and research on torpor. Dr. Margaret Rubega (https://rubegalab.uconn.edu/) and the University of Connecticut for our conversation and her introductions. Dr. Alejandro Rico-Guevara (http://www.alejorico.com/) and the University of Washington for the incredible media related to the tongue and all of his guidance. Dr. Don Powers (https://dpowerslab.com/) and the Powers Research Lab for their footage on energy conservation. Dr. Kristiina Hurme (http://kristiinahurme.com/) for her amazing work on weaponized beaks Dr. Chris Clark (https://biology.ucr.edu/people/facult...) and UC Riverside for our conversation and all of the wonderful footage related to the dives and and displays. Dr. Gregor Yanega (  / gregoryanega97116  ) for the footage of birds pilfering spider food. FLIR Thermal Cameras (FLIR.com) for the psychedelic heat mapping footage RuthLes Productions (   / ruthlesproductions2  ) for the wonderful footage of the hummer in torpor, as well as the lovely phone chat. Tracy Kerestesh (http://www.tracyportraits.com) for the footage of insect eating. The Arizona Daily Star (https://tucson.com/) for letting me use the footage of a hummer collecting spider webs outside of their window Tom Grey (http://tgreybirds.com/) for his very special photo of hummingbirds mating... which is not easy to capture Additional footage used under license from: Pond5.com Videoblocks.com Envato Elements