Time

How do birds flap their wings so fast? Especially hummingbirds, they freak me out. How do they do it? I think….that every species of animal runs on their own perception of time. What’s normal to us might be extremely slow to a bird. They perceive and do things faster than us, because their perception of time is faster. Like houseflies. Ever tried killing it with your bare hand? Slap it while it’s on a table. Notice how hard that is? Even move your hand towards them and they’ll fly away. It doesn’t matter if you’re just shaking your fist at it, muttering curses under your breath, or maybe just reaching for a passionfruit on the table, or even just patting your cat on the head. Or going to squish that mofo. They fly away.

Or maybe they’re just weird animals, and I’m off my rocker.