Aug 24 2024

Selects: Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom

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If you didn’t already know how amazing hummingbirds are, prepare to learn. Not only do they count among their numbers the smallest bird species, they are also lightning fast and have the endurance of a marathoner and a telethoner put together. Get up to speed on these wonderful creatures in this classic episode.

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Josh and Chuck dive deep into the fascinating world of hummingbirds, exploring these tiny metabolic marvels that are basically the aerial acrobats of the bird world. From their incredible ability to hover and fly backward to their jaw-dropping migration journeys and territorial behavior driven by their desperate need for constant food, the guys cover everything that makes hummingbirds such remarkable creatures. They also discuss how you can attract these jewel-like birds to your own backyard with the right flowers and feeders, plus some surprising facts about their role as pollinators and insect controllers in ecosystems around the Americas.


Movies Discussed

Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder
1983 R 1h 50m
★ 6.2
"It's like the blue thunder of birds. Wasn't that a Roy Scheider movie? — Josh compares a hummingbird's hovering ability to the helicopter from the movie Blue Thunder." — Josh
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
2001 1h 31m
★ 5.6
"Effectively the exact same signals that Joe Dirt put out with his hair. — Chuck jokingly compares a male hummingbird's colorful plumage to Joe Dirt's distinctive hair as signs of genetic fitness." — Chuck
Three's Company
Three's Company
1977
★ 7.6
"Like what is this? A fern bar? Who are you, Jack Tripper? — Josh makes a Three's Company reference when describing how a female hummingbird might react to a promiscuous male." — Josh
Titanic
Titanic
1997 3h 14m
★ 7.9
"They kind of have legs similar to David Cross's character in that Titanica sketch from Mr. Show. — Chuck references a sketch from Mr. Show that parodied Titanic, comparing hummingbird legs to a character in that sketch." — Chuck

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