Hummingbirds, jewelled messengers
Friday 05th October 2012 from 14h00 to 15h30
Salle 1 / Auditorium
- Directed by
- Paul Reddish
- Written by
- Paul Reddish
- Produced by
- Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH - Free Spirit Film Production
Documentary, Austria, 2012, 52 min
Buffon PrizeWill be screened again : Saturday 06th October 2012 from 14h00 to 15h30
This is the story of how hummingbirds became the greatest aerial acrobats on earth. Plants ‘created’ hummingbirds as their messengers, carrying pollen from flower to flower. The film follows the evolution of the birds, as they are shaped by their role as ‘go-betweens’. Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any vertebrate. They can hover, fly backwards and even backwards and upside down. They have the smallest warm-blooded creature on earth in their number. These glittering birds live on the edge of what is possible, even going into a kind of hibernation each night, and all because of plants.
Debate with :
- Jean-Marc PONS, Ornitologist
Know more
- A second screening of the film will be dedicated to the large public. It will take place on Saturday 6 October at 2.00 p.m at the Grand Amphithéâtre of the Museum.