Don't Understand!

 Hummingbirds -Do Not Understand

God has created the small hummingbird with so many unique attributes.  Here are some interesting hummingbird facts and general information about hummingbirds.

Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world. Hummingbirds can flash their bright colors, as well as hide them when needed. The bright radiant color on hummingbirds comes from iridescent coloring like on a soap bubble or prism.  A hummingbird's brain is 4.2% of its body weight, the largest proportion in the bird kingdom. 

Hummingbirds are very smart and they can remember every flower they have been to, and how long it will take a flower to refill. Hummingbirds can hear better than humans.  Hummingbirds can see farther than humans. Hummingbirds can see ultraviolet light.

Hummingbirds have little to no sense of smell. A hummingbird will use its tongue to lap up nectar from flowers and feeders.  A hummingbird's tongue is grooved like the shape of a "W". Hummingbirds have tiny hairs on the tip of the tongue to help lap up nectar. A hummingbird's beak is generally shaped like any other bird beak, just longer in proportion to its body.  The edges of the hummingbird's top beak will overlap the edges of the hummingbird's bottom beak.  A hummingbird's bottom beak is slightly flexible.  Hummingbirds do not drink though their beaks like a straw. They lap up nectar with their tongues. 

A hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute. A Hummingbird's heart beats about 250 times per minute at rest. A hummingbird's heart is 2.5% of the total body weight. A hummingbird will take about 250 breaths per minute while at rest. A hummingbird's metabolism is roughly 100 times that of an elephant.  Hummingbirds have very weak feet and can barely walk. They prefer to fly.  Hummingbirds like to perch and spend most of their life perching.  The hummingbird's body temperature is around 107 degrees Fahrenheit.  Hummingbirds are on average 8.5 centimeters long from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail.

A hummingbird can weigh anywhere between 2 and 20 grams.  A penny weighs 2.5 grams.  30% of a hummingbird's weight consists of flight muscles . Female hummingbirds are usually larger than male hummingbirds. An average sized hummingbird will have about 940 feathers.  Females find iridescent feathers attractive.

Hummingbirds do not mate for life.  Male hummingbirds do not help raise the young.  Female hummingbirds do all the nest building.  A hummingbird baby is generally smaller than a penny.  Females will lay a clutch of two eggs.  Baby hummingbirds cannot fly.  Baby hummingbirds will remain in a nest for three (3) weeks.  Most hummingbirds die in the first year of life.  Hummingbirds have an average life span of about 5 years but can live for more than 10 years.

A hummingbird wings will beat about 70 times per second.  Hummingbird's wings will beat up to 200 times per second when diving.  Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly both forward and backwards.  Hummingbirds can also hover in mid-air, fly sideways and even upside-down.  A hummingbird can fly an average of 25-35 miles per hour.  A hummingbird can dive up to 60 miles per hour.  A hummingbird's wings will rotate in a full circle.  For more details go to: http://www.worldofhummingbirds.com/facts.php

So I am amazed at the detail that God had in the hummingbird, but in watching them each summer, I don't understand something.  They must eat multiple times per hour to live.  Yet when one dominate male or female finds the feeder, it spend enormous energy chasing away every other hummingbird.  They could concerve that energy so more birds could make the migration each year but instead they will fight each other because they do not realize that the supply of food is not limited.  Sharing and giving to everyone equally is not in the hummingbird's mindset.

Since God did such a marvelous job on this small creation, why did he not instill sharing food?  One of the many questions, I may ask when in heaven.

Yet today so many people as adults have learned the childhood attitude of what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine.  Have the hummingbirds been watching us or are we just so selfish that Satan has taken an attitude we had at a young age and developed it into adults?