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POPSHummingbird Photos and Some Surprising Facts This incredible flying ability makes hummingbirds one of the most fascinating birds to watch. You'll catch sight of a wild hummingbird in the Americas -- anywhere from Alaska to Brazil. Some Mexican hummingbirds will migrate north for spring, flying up to 500 miles in 20 hours without a break . Hummingbirds almost never stop moving, and they spend nearly all of their time in the air. Their legs are so small and weak, they typically can't walk at all. But in the air, they're masters. Hummingbirds beat their wings up to 80 times a second, which creates the soft humming sound that earns them their name . Their heart can beat up to 1,300 times per minute while in flight . All of this lightning-fast beating takes its toll: Hummingbirds have to eat every couple of minutes. They consume enormous amounts of pollen, using a string-thin, long tongue to draw pollen out of deep flowers.
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POPSCoral Reefs-The Oceans Canary is Dying Living in Florida gives me a first hand look every time I dive. Great sadness for all Marine life but the Reefs are like the Oceans Canary. An excellent measure of man made destruction.
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POPSBeautiful tropical birds at London Zoo For anyone thinking how vibrant and crystal clear the picture of Queen Victoria is, it should be pointed out that in keeping with the Victorian theme of the building, Queen Victoria impersonator Sylvia Strange attended the launch, alongside an impersonator playing her lady-in-waiting. The Queen did however visit the zoo several times during her reign. She became the patroness of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in 1837. The pavilion took a year to restore and is named after ZSL patron David Blackburn who agreed to underwrite the costs.
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POPSProzac for pets Hmm. Something here strikes me as wrong. As an animal lover, I'd prefer the animal was removed from the person who didn't have time for it, rather than fed drugs to keep it in a good mood. But then, I'm fed drugs to keep me in a good mood too...and I quite like it where I live...
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POPSA Lost Forest - The Atlantic Forest Many know about the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil but there is another Forest that has only 8% of it left. If you go to Rio or Sao Paulo you would not believe they still have a forest nearby but close to the mountains there is still some areas almost intact, not sure until when. São Paulo, with its 18 million inhabitants, is the world’s fourth largest urban agglomeration. In 1994, the 1.5 million-hectare São Paulo City Green Belt Reserve was established as part of the UNESCO Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve but the last time I checked that green belt I found only a small area still left. It is called "Reserva do Morro Grande". You can see it here http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/78/1140/1600/CVSP-RMG.jpg or here http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=sao+paulo,+brazil&ie=UTF8&ll=-23.53,-46.630001&spn=0.837302,1.716614&t=h&om=1
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