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Birdsong with wings
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New York, USA (Newswise): Hummingbirds and rattlesnakes move parts of their bodies at amazing speeds. But male club-winged manakins - colorful, sparrow-sized South American birds - have them both beat, vibrating their wings at more than 100 cycles per second, twice the speed of hummingbirds. The bird uses this unprecedented feat not for fight or flight, but to impress females with its violinlike hum.
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