MIRACLES BY DESIGN: The Amazing Tongue of the Hummingbird

(3:17 VIEWING) — There is a feeling, or perhaps it would be better described as an unexpected recognition, that we humans get whenever we, for example, first encounter a piece of music that is so beautiful, so satisfying that we listen to it over and over again, and it never gets old.

The natural world is full of such “songs” and we find them when we encounter aspects of, for example, the animal world that inspire in us a combination of awe and indescribable respect. In this latest video from the John 10:10 Project, we are given an unprecedented up-close look at the incredible design of the Hummingbird’s tongue.

Trust me, this creature’s tongue is as amazing, if not perhaps even more so, as its wings, which enable the hummingbird to hover and move in any direction, very much like a helicopter. The hummingbird’s tongue is not a suctioning straw, so be prepared to be inspired: