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Name: Missy D.
Status: other
Age: 40s
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Date: 
Saturday, August 31, 2002
Question:
I have heard that hummingbirds cannot use their legs to walk on. I was just wondering if it was true.

Replies:
"The legs and feet of swifts and hummingbirds are practically nonexistent (hence the name of their order, Apodiformes, which denotes footlessness) and they are capable only of clinging and grasping, respectively." Leahy, The Birdwatcher's Companion

J. Elliott

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