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  • Challenge Question #2

    ISELIN MIDDLE SCHOOL (ims@gorgon.com)
    Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:25:33 +0000

    It takes approximately 14.81 hours for a hummingbird that beats
    its wings 75 times a second for a total of 4,000,000 wing-beats to
    cross the Gulf of Mexico.

    Stephen Theodos
    Iselin Middle School
    Grade 7