Many people think hummers only eat nectar or the sugar-water from the feeders that are set out for them, but they also eat insects for the protein. They catch insects in the air and from the flowers as they suck the nectar. Torpor means to go into an almost death like trance. Their metabolism is the highest of any warm-blooded animal. They can slow their heartbeat down from 1260 beats per minute to only 50 beats per minute.
Hummers are great helicopters.
They can fly forward, backward, upside down, right, left and even hover. They can fly at speeds of up to 25 and 30 miles an hour. Their little wings beat an average of 20-25 times per second. In some of their dives their wings beat up to 200 times per second. No, not really.