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Acute sense of touch helps hummingbirds hover near a flower without bumping into it

Hummingbird flight mechanics have been well studied but far less is known about how their sense of touch helps them sip nectar from a flower without bumping into it. Most of what scientists know about how touch is processed in the brain comes from studies on mammals, but bird brains are very different from mammal brains. New research shows that https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240529144222.htm