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Purple-throated carib hummingbird (Eulampis jugularis) feeding

This is the purple-throated carib hummingbird. Hummingbirds can fly sideways, backwards and even upside down. Two of the following statements are true. One is false. Which one is not true?

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'Hummingbirds beat their wings at from 60-100 beats a second' is false. Hummingbirds beat their wings at from 12-60 beats a second, though it is possible that the bee hummingbird, the world's smallest bird which weighs less than 2 grams, reaches 80 beats a second.

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