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Amazing Creations 37

Richard Gunther

There are more than 320 different species of hummingbird.
One if them is called the spatuletail - for obvious reasons.
The male has two long feathers, which it can flap about
independently when it is trying to attract a female.
He uses them in a dance on a branch, which lasts

about 30 seconds.
His feathers are irridescent, his wings flap so fast
they hum, his heart beats at an astonishing speed,
and when he is finished his dance he wipes his

beak and tries again.

Every year the spatuletail loses his
long tail feathers and grows a new ones.
Consider these two feathers.
They have a turquise or violet sheen.
They pirouette about him like two
butterflies.
They seem to be part of his ballet,
like two independent dancers.

How did this bird manage to grow
such a beautiful tail?
How did he learn the dance to attract
a female?
Why is a female even attracted to a
dance?

The answers
are found in the
wisdom of God,
who created these
beautiful birds, and
gave them their
attributes and skills.