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Old 02-19-11, 09:44 PM   #5
Gargamel
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Pretty cool.... but not that impressive. And I'm not sure if hummingbirds are native to most of the areas they'd be used currently.

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Hummingbirds are restricted to the Americas from southern Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. The majority of species occur in tropical and subtropical Central and South America, but several species also breed in temperate climates and some hillstars even occur in alpine Andean highlands at altitudes of up to 5,200 metres (17,100 ft).[18] The greatest species richness is in humid tropical and subtropical forests of the northern Andes and adjacent foothills, but the number of species found in the Atlantic Forest, Central America or southern Mexico also far exceeds the number found in southern South America, the Caribbean islands, the United States and Canada. While less than 25 different species of hummingbirds have been recorded from the United States and less than 10 from Canada and Chile each,[19] Colombia alone has more than 160[20] and the comparably small Ecuador has about 130 species.[21]

Soooo.... kinda useless militarily. You want who you're spying on going "It's jsut a bird" not "WTF IS THAT?! Shoot it Shoot it!"
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