Do Hummingbirds burp?

Rockhead wrote:

It was the mystery "the" that threw me...

Just checkin' chum.

(I got some trumpet creeper goin' on, I like my birds...)

RH

Oh ****, I'm did not notice the "the', it was a beverage induced typo!

Hummingbirds hum because they forgot the lyrics (see Post: 3082398)

A lyricist's stock in trade is writing lyrics (a given).

Thus hummingbirds are an anathema to the lyricist. (the punchline).

Rockhead wrote:

It was the mystery "the" that threw me...

Just checkin' chum.

(I got some trumpet creeper goin' on, I like my birds...)

RH

Oh ****, I'm did not notice the "my", it was a beverage induced typo!

humminburds?

Ain't no hummerburfs here - they all bloody sing at inconvenient hours..........
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margo wrote:

humminburds?

Ain't no hummerburfs here - they all bloody sing at inconvenient hours..........
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And I thought this was a knowledge exchange site......

dlowan wrote:

margo wrote:

humminburds?

Ain't no hummerburfs here - they all bloody sing at inconvenient hours..........
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And I thought this was a knowledge exchange site......

I thought you needed to know that!

You didn't already know it, didja? Huh?

Hummingbirds burp in order to counter the thrust generated by their farts.
Otherwise there'd be hummingbird lumps on tree trunks everywhere.
(cf. "retrorocket")

I asked my cat, the expert, and he says he has heard a hummingbird burp. He said it sounds just like a cat fart, but doesn't smell as bad.

It's gone beyond curiouser and curiouser; it's obvious there's not going to be any testimony acceptable to this judge. The question is one of the type: If a tree falls in a forest and nobody's there, is there the sound of one hand clapping?

Personally, I think George's hypothesis is technically feasible. Just need's to carry out some quantifiable tests and report back, keeping in mind that if the judge ain't there, you ain't gotta prayer.

George wrote:

Hummingbirds burp in order to counter the thrust generated by their farts.
Otherwise there'd be hummingbird lumps on tree trunks everywhere.
(cf. "retrorocket")

Given the fart is not proven, your contribution is moot, at best.

I have it on good authority that they fart..... Hummingbird farts ....but do they burp?

dlowan wrote:

George wrote:

Hummingbirds burp in order to counter the thrust generated by their farts.
Otherwise there'd be hummingbird lumps on tree trunks everywhere.
(cf. "retrorocket")

Given the fart is not proven, your contribution is moot, at best.

dlowan wrote:

I have it on good authority that they fart..... Hummingbird farts ....but do they burp?

Hoist that on your own petard.

Irony? Hum(mer)bug!!! George's was an excellent riposte.

And persiflage? That's rich coming from a pettifogger.

Hummingbirds make a fine pizza topping.

Debacle wrote:

Irony? Hum(mer)bug!!! George's was an excellent riposte.

And persiflage? That's rich coming from a pettifogger.

'Tweren't a riposte......'t'were an attempt at one.


And, as for YOU, Debark'isworser'n'debite......did I say persiflage was BAD?


I merely commented that it was not scientific.