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From: donnam@thor.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Donna Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Hummers: What is it they are doing?!!!
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Date: 1 Mar 90 16:14:18 GMT
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In article <3859@nmtsun.nmt.edu> john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:
>Donna Mitchell (donnam@palomar.SanDiego.NCR.COM) writes:
>
>+--
>| It is enjoyable to watch, but I do get concerned about getting
>| hit in the head.  They have come close a couple of times.
>+--
>I don't think you need to worry.  Hummers have outstanding reflexes,
>and time passes much faster for them; your movements probably look
>like those of a tree sloth to them, and if you were to get in
>their way they would most likely be able to dodge.

	Well, my concerns were somewhat meant in jest, however, I
	do have reason to worry.  I have been hit many times by 
	these little guys.  "Many" meaning more than a dozen in the
	past two years.  They get so absorbed in fighting/feeding
	that they crash into whatever gets in their way.  I've
	never been hit while they were doing their "mating" dive,
	but considering the velocity they attain, I don't want to be!

                                        Donna

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