The Ruby Throated Hummingbird has a resting heart rate of 250 beats per minute. When it is threatened or chased, it's heart rate can reach 1200 beats per minute. Predict its lifespan and justify your explanation.

Answer 1

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "heart rate life span" to get this:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=heart+rate+life+span&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.