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    And to All a Good Night: The Snoring Hummingbird

    Dec 20, 2012 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    On these dark, wintry nights, you may find yourself preferring the proverbial “not a creature was stirring,” but when you hear the cute “snoring” of this creature, you just might change your mind. The hummingbird in the video below is a female amethyst-throated sunangel, native to the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

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    Great Migrations—from Small Creatures

    May 10, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    If you dread overseas flights because you always land intolerably tired and exceedingly hungry, I have some facts that might help you put such ordeals into perspective. It was recently discovered that a female bar-tailed godwit flew 7,145 miles from Alaska to New Zealand—without taking a single break for food or drink.