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EPISODE · Dec 13, 2021 · 29 MIN

Giant Hummingbird : Life At The Limit

from The Wild Episode · host Brian Ruckley

The Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is, by a long way, the biggest hummingbird in the world. It's about twice the size of the next biggest hummingbird - the most extreme version of a kind of animal that's already pretty extreme ... Subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and e-mail your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! You can also follow the show on Facebook or Twitter. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0. plus modified versions of: It's a Jazz Thing by Smiling Cynic, CC BY 3.0 Dead From The Beginning, Alive Till The End by Doctor Turtle, CC BY 3.0

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