Assertion: hummingbird's rate | /r/HasProperty | high metabolic
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Hummingbirds have a very high metabolic rate, with heart rate of 1,260 beats per minute and breaths of 250 times per minute.
text: There are not many birds that can do this, but hummingbirds need to, as their feathers are ineffective insulators and they have a high metabolic rate.
text: Hummingbirds are tiny and have high metabolic rates; therefore, it would be expected that their lifespans are even shorter, but this is not the case.
text: A 2017 review indicated that hummingbirds have in their flight muscles a mechanism for "direct oxidation" of sugars into maximal ATP yield to support their high metabolic rate for hovering, foraging at altitude, and migrating.
text: Due to their high metabolic rate, they need to constantly eat just to stay alive.
text: Their high metabolic rate makes them constantly feed.