How To Hack A Hummingbird’s Flight

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9 жыл бұрын

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Have you ever wondered how hummingbirds are able to fly and hover so perfectly? New research reveals their secrets, and teaches us a way to hack their flight pattern.
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UBC team finds a glitch in hummingbird hovering
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“Hummingbirds rely on their ability to hover in order to feed off the nectar of flowers.”
Hummingbird’s Hover Hampered by Background Motion
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“The hummingbird gives off an impression of unerring grace, with its keen ability to fly in place like a helicopter.”
Hummingbirds control hovering flight by stabilizing visual motion
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“The avian brain has numerous specializations for navigation and processing visual information, but relatively little is known about how flying birds control their position in space.”
Hummingbirds And Bugs Share Flight ‘Tricks’
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“A tiny hummingbird hovering at one flower and then darting to another is an amazing sight. How do they do it?”
Hummingbird flies more like insect than bird, says study
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“You might think a hummingbird simply beats its wings so fast and hard it pushes down enough air to keep its small body afloat. Turns out it’s much trickier than that.”
Realistic aerodynamic simulation reveals how hummingbirds hover
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Three-dimensional flow and lift characteristics of a hovering ruby-throated hummingbird
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“A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation is performed for a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) in hovering flight.”
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Пікірлер: 209

@Dojan5 9 жыл бұрын

Could that not be a defence mechanism though? They stop feeding instinctively to gauge whether the movement is a threat or not, and once it's deemed not to be a threat, they resume it. A spinning spiral doesn't really resemble anything in nature so it'd make sense for it to trip them up.

@asdf30111 9 жыл бұрын

That is till the spirals take over uzumaki style.

@Dojan5 9 жыл бұрын

asdf30111 I don't quite comprehend.

@asdf30111 9 жыл бұрын

Dojan5 Read uzumaki.

@Dojan5 9 жыл бұрын

asdf30111 Vortex-whirl. I still don't get it.

@asdf30111 9 жыл бұрын

Dojan5 google uzumaki. It is about spirals taking over the nature and the whole world.

@bluelense7 9 жыл бұрын

What if the moving images are not messing with their ability to fly, but are instead dealing with their fight or flight reflex. A tiny creature like that would be constantly looking out for danger and would be ready to immediately back off from feeding if they perceived a threat (big moving thing).

@marcelrows506 9 жыл бұрын

Science , giving you excuses to fucking with birds .

@alexmcgeachy9454 9 жыл бұрын

Your comment I like. Thanks for the smile.

@FlashYourJak 9 жыл бұрын

If I put on an occulus and viewed a spiral spinning whilst running, I probably wouldn't be able to run straight. Surely this is just common sense?

@creamiorange 9 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Lol the spiral motion would trip up anyone.

@Crick1952 9 жыл бұрын

Don't forget drinking water at the same time.

@FlashYourJak 9 жыл бұрын

We would walk straight after a while. Thinking about it makes me feel sick so I can't see it happening tbh

@Wastingsometimehere 9 жыл бұрын

So basically just do stupid things in the background to distract it?

@Tremor244 9 жыл бұрын

Start dancing in front of it, it will be so confused!!! xD

@WaddIes 9 жыл бұрын

***** thats funny, the girls at the club get confused when i do it also!

@IAMDIMITRI 9 жыл бұрын

Somebody was doing a helicopter?

@hackman669 9 жыл бұрын

What happens when you add a little booze to the mixture?

@YOHOHOto 9 жыл бұрын

What a lovely presenter and a lovely presented information. Love your tone, looks, and presenting skills. That's why I am a long time subscriber. I like almost all of your presenters :)

@MilitantAntiTheist 9 жыл бұрын

Hummingbirds aren't birds, they're related to insects. This means they were intelligently designed by God when he created the earth 6,000 years ago. So much for the theory of evolution.

@Y0UTU8E2012 9 жыл бұрын

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

@Wastingsometimehere 9 жыл бұрын

Poor things had to hover over Noah's Ark the whole time because there was no room to land.

@westbourner 9 жыл бұрын

pleaaaaseee be bait

@Wastingsometimehere 9 жыл бұрын

***** Please look at his avatar and name ;)

@GermansEagle 9 жыл бұрын

Must not take... bait!!!!!!

@talia1chriqui 9 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome video! I love Chastity as a host too, she is informative, easy to listen to and seems really intelligent! More videos with Chastity! Plus her hair is so shiny!!!

@dj820621 9 жыл бұрын

Man, I totally learned "How To Hack A Hummingbird’s Flight". What a glorious day it is...

@fullyawakened 9 жыл бұрын

This girl just taught me about harnessing the power of the up-and-down strokes. Need a cigarette

@squarexotriangle897 9 жыл бұрын

hahahahahaa! xD

@siddheshrane 5 жыл бұрын

But her name's Chastity, ironically

@isra0011 9 жыл бұрын

Hummingbirds: Hacked I'm in

@Xenos369 9 жыл бұрын

Reason hummingbirds fly like insects is due to their size. They are very small animals (hummingbirds and insects) and the fluid dynamics of air work differently for them (more "viscous") when compared to larger animals. It is kinda neat to see convergent evolution like this

@readyrepairs 9 жыл бұрын

air is not more or less viscous based on the creature residing inside of it. The reason insects and hummingbirds are able to hover is stated in the video. they produce lift with both strokes of their wings.

@creamiorange 9 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the air isn't more viscous. They do have to flap their wings at a much faster rate (like an insect) to produce the lift.

@Xenos369 9 жыл бұрын

creamiorange Read up on Reynolds Number. Fluids (gases and liquids) have more viscous forces when an organism is smaller. Im going to use water as an example; for smaller animals (fish fry, zooplankton) swimming through water at their size is like swimming in molasses for us humans. Their locomotion method is different, as a reverse stroke will just undo their forward stroke (due to greater viscous forces of fluid). Same can be said for hummingbirds and insects, their flight pattern is different due to their size and the corresponding fluid they are in.

@fdota 9 жыл бұрын

readyrepairs creamiorange what Xenos369 meant, and (may have) omitted in order to come back and explain Reynolds Number to showcase his learnedness, is that the viscous forces experienced by a smaller organism would be larger relative to its size and mass. You are correct, the viscocity of the fluid remains the same.

@Xenos369 9 жыл бұрын

Falcor, Defender of the Alliance Dude, you psychic or something?! Yea i omitted Reynolds forces on purpose(too much to type at once)

@zanderw1199 9 жыл бұрын

FLY MY PRETTIES, FLY!!

@insylem 9 жыл бұрын

I got to thinking about how Helicopters hover. While the physics in the blades/wings generating lift are different, it got me wondering. If they did that same humming bird experiment with helicopters and helicopter pilots, do you think the results would be the same?

@ShawnHCorey 9 жыл бұрын

The same thing happens to humans. When walking in place, in front of a projected rotating image, people try to compensate and start to stagger.

@sharkkilla40 9 жыл бұрын

Right, comment sense.

@dmvergari 9 жыл бұрын

Brains are just biological computers, error 404 no soul found

@hackman669 9 жыл бұрын

What is a soul anyway?

@sycoa 9 жыл бұрын

bet chastity is not a virgin tho.

@ManoharReddy26 9 жыл бұрын

where to download the hack?

@GGanon 9 жыл бұрын

LEAVE HUMMINGBIRD ALONE! D: D: LEAVE HIM ALONE! I'M SERIOUS! D: *mascara runs*

@Sedilcueosnofa 9 жыл бұрын

Could you do I program on Misophonia.

@jjab99 9 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear all the scientists have so much time left on their hands so that they can annoy Humming Birds, I guess they have found that cure for cancer and also a replacement for fossil fuels. Well done scientists, you are a credit to us all.

@Lou13814 9 жыл бұрын

Chastity is so. Damn. Fine!

@TheF21 9 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me that if the world looks like it's turning, then the bird will think that the world is turning? I never would have guessed.

@onato009 9 жыл бұрын

This does answer my question. Am I any closer to being able to have the eye sight of an Owl yet?

@850slash 9 жыл бұрын

I can also produce lift from up stroke and down stroke :)

@catsheehan-reese7566 9 жыл бұрын

My favorite bird is the Robin bird robin birds are sooo cute there all black with that orange red belly I just love them!!!

@BlackPantherrStudios 9 жыл бұрын

good video

@GarudaLegends 9 жыл бұрын

How does it taste

@NeffyLe 9 жыл бұрын

Like ant.

@killerbeenl83 9 жыл бұрын

I got a stroke from watching this.

@rathpunks 9 жыл бұрын

well if they thought they where hovering in place and suddenly the environment starts moving, of course they are going to get confused, its like when sitting in a train and watching the other train move of and it makes you think you are moving.

@ksub91 9 жыл бұрын

My favourite bird is probably the kiwi, they're so cute

@edwelsh5955 9 жыл бұрын

luv this host

@yakovperelman3511 9 жыл бұрын

u were named chastity for a reason. remember.

@jmena214 9 жыл бұрын

Has chastity.......belt

@dmand2353 9 жыл бұрын

what a name

@realjamaicanjones 9 жыл бұрын

So...how do I hack a hummingbird’s flight now?

@TheMysticCore 9 жыл бұрын

My favorite bird is the Butcherbird.

@artem4051 9 жыл бұрын

Keep her!

@kamael 9 жыл бұрын

@upinder bindra Obviously not.

@n0etic_f0x 9 жыл бұрын

Totally starting a humming bird farm, kidding that would be cruel. Still I do wonder how this may be able to help people watch humming birds that are already captive to study in the public or professional circumstances.

@trashhacks5724 9 жыл бұрын

So they got dizzy.

@dmbkersh 9 жыл бұрын

My favorite bird is Dee Reynolds.

@MorbidGames666 9 жыл бұрын

Cassowary is the coolest bird.

@iamthe8055 9 жыл бұрын

Cool!! But nature is the ultimate!!

@mom1ish 9 жыл бұрын

Bacon!!! Hey its better than first right?

@Wastingsometimehere 9 жыл бұрын

Eggs. You came second.

@StiffPvtParts 9 жыл бұрын

Wastingsometimehere Nice guys finish last :3

@LSpiro 9 жыл бұрын

Visual information “overriding” something as critical as the feeding process is not the correct way to describe what is happening. Flowers etc. wave in the wind and it is critical to the hummingbird’s feeding that it use its eyes to adjust. Visual information isn’t overriding anything critical, it is part of the critical process itself. Fairly obvious why they would hover around when you mess with it.

@DreTheStray1 6 жыл бұрын

The chicken hawk

@TheCosmicRabbit 9 жыл бұрын

you guys are the best

@DawsonTyson 9 жыл бұрын

Red tail hawk

@robieb0i 9 жыл бұрын

did no one pick up on her name?

@awildrengarappeared8419 9 жыл бұрын

***** Chest Titty LOL

@robieb0i 9 жыл бұрын

look it up kids

@omgpiruletta 9 жыл бұрын

You have to be really sick as a parent to even suggest naming your daughter like that -_-

@omgpiruletta 9 жыл бұрын

***** Because of the meaning of the word.

@peSKAditasDrogaditas 9 жыл бұрын

Dnews is not the same with out lacy and Anthony and trace :|

@FooTheAwesome 9 жыл бұрын

Her name is chastity

@carlossandoval154 9 жыл бұрын

Puerto rica. Tody

@IanAtkinson555 9 жыл бұрын

How To Hack A Hummingbird’s Flight.

@zheliu4591 9 жыл бұрын

girls can generate "uplift" with down stroke and upstroke too !! XDDD

@ThePoptartster 9 жыл бұрын

Am I supposed to have a favored bird?? I don't even have a favored color.

@mr.bnatural3700 9 жыл бұрын

I think a hummingbird is actually a variety of dragonfly. FACT: there are no hummingbirds anywhere North of America.

@djximer8014 9 жыл бұрын

I live in Canada we have hummingbirds every year

@kennethj1956 9 жыл бұрын

DJximer Canada is part of north America.

@salemas5 9 жыл бұрын

how dragonfly is related to dragons ? :DDD

@Zelda00Gamer 9 жыл бұрын

Nope MYTH. We have hummingbirds in Illinois

@ruebenbrown9172 9 жыл бұрын

I think I saw a humming bird outside once and I live in las vegas...

@ginmardoamatpawiro9570 9 жыл бұрын

Asian chick talking about up and down stroke. God, I love #DNews :v

@Crashandburn999 9 жыл бұрын

You have a dirty mind.

@ginmardoamatpawiro9570 9 жыл бұрын

I know, right! #SCIENCE :v

@coalsauce4457 9 жыл бұрын

Asian laci?

@janfrank3453 9 жыл бұрын

Heh. Downstroke.

@KOSAMAGAMES 9 жыл бұрын

Crows and Pelicans cause unlike most birds they will not beg for food but swoop in and jack it and its funny when you see this happen to others lol I saw a guy punch a pelican for a hot dog and the pelican came back and pecked head and neck area adding on the mans super fatness was just like a facepalm for not recording, I would've been e-famous (youtube the video its funny).