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Hummingbird Sleep Duration Statistics
Hummingbirds typically sleep for around 8 hours per day.
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"Hummingbirds can sleep for 12 hours or more at a time."
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"The metabolic rate of a hummingbird during sleep or torpor can drop to 1/15th of its normal rate."
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"The body temperature of a hummingbird in torpor can drop to about 18 degrees Celsius."
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"During sleep, hummingbirds hang upside down from a perch and look as though they are lifeless."
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"Hummingbirds gain weight during the day to survive their energy-consuming torpor state at night."
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"Only hummingbirds recorded going into deep torpor are high altitude species, dropping their body temperature from 40°C to 17°C."
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"During daytime activity, a hummingbird's heart rate can be up to 1200 beats per minute but drastically drops during sleep."
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"Hummingbirds only sleep when it’s dark. Since their high-speed metabolism runs on sugar, night, when they can't feed, is the ideal time for Torpor."
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"The Andean Hillstar hummingbird goes into a state of exceptionally deep torpor to survive cold Andean nights."
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"Even in torpor, a hummingbird can rouse itself quickly if threatened, within seconds if fully rested."
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"Hummingbirds are the only birds known to go into daily torpor on a regular basis."
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"If a hummingbird awakens from torpor and the temperature is below 70°F, they may have difficulty flying."
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"In torpor, a hummingbird can take as few as one breath per minute, compared to a typical 250 breaths per minute during activity."
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