Hummingbird in Slow Motion - Neatorama

Hummingbirds flap their wings about 50 times per second, so all we ever see is a blur around them as they zip around the yard. The folks from National Geographic mounted a high-speed camera on a hummingbird feeder to get some incredible footage of the tiny birds. Not only do we get to see them flap their wings, but also slip their tongues into the nectar up close!

The bird feeder is enclosed in what looks like a wind tunnel, so the photographers can create and control conditions such as wind and rain. Keep watching, and you'll see a hummingbird bird shake the drops of water off its feathers. Watch those feathers shimmer in the light! -via Laughing Squid

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The utterly fascinating thing is how stable the hummingbird's head is as it drink. Watching the body gyrate and shift just slightly and the head remains completely stable. Very cool.

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It's a fork with an automatic spring release, for those of us who tend to overeat.

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Why is it that so many of the What-Is-It-Game items look like manual lawn aerators?

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It's portion control for Ninjas. Sometimes, you only want to stab somebody just a little bit.

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It's a "cake scoop". The makers of ice cream scoops, with their button to release the ice cream from their special spoon, thought that they could repeat their earlier success with a special fork that could release their piece of cake when they pressed the button as well.

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Garden salad fork.

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This is a fork for extracting olives from an olive barrel. It has a convenient device for ejecting impaled olives from the tines. I'm surprised they still make these.
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A tool for extracting the truth from political rhetoric.

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Even in medieval times, regulations required the utilization of safeties to prevent accidental stabbings.

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It's a s'more roasting fork. Just layer the ingredients, clamp it shut, then hold over the fire. It could use a longer handle though.
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This is a Puritan courting fork from colonial New England. Using it, the happy couple could enjoy a meal together, while propriety was ensured by the sturdy central barrier.

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The end of a pickled onion fork. Used to get them out of the jar if it had a handle.

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It's a 70's sheep afro comb. Everyone got groovy back in the day.
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I believe its a meat turning fork.

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Saw one at a flea market and asked Grandpa what it was. He said it was a separator. I asked how it worked. He said wait around a while and you'll see it separate some fool from his money.

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It's a salad fork for conjoined twins (:

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It's Ann Coulter's personal speculum.

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It's the serving fork Captain Hook used while moonlighting at the Golden Corral.

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"Have you ever ran across one of those dishes that is SO GOOD you just can't eat it fast enough? Well, here's the fork to eat it with!"

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It's a record changer. For your heavy metal fans. Picture the venn diagram.

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It's a toilet paper conservation aid for those who insist on using just one square to protect the environment.

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It's the handheld model of satan's machine that forced Homer to eat donuts for eternity
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