Hummingbird Tattoo

Hummingbird Tattoo

Hummingbirds are those sweet looking, beautifully fluttering birds that are amongst the smallest of their animal group, but they exhibit the most robust and forceful of characteristics.

A hummingbird tattoo is a tattoo that talks about beauty, versatility, independence and of being the ultimate survivor.

A hummingbird tattoo comes in various colours and can make for a appealing focal point.

The Hummingbird Tattoo - Adaptation

Excluding insects, hummingbirds when in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals. They have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state, when food is scarce, where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate, with heart and breathing both slowed drastically and body temperature falls from 40oC to 18oC. A hummingbird tattoo is a tattoo about adaptation. Its wearer will be quick in adapting to different environments and can thrive in any circumstance.

The Hummingbird Tattoo - Survival

Hummingbirds eat more than their own weight in nectar each day! And must make several rounds to nectar producing flowers. Hummingbirds are endlessly hours away from dying of starvation and have only enough nectar stored to survive around than 12 hours. The wearer of the hummingbird tattoo is someone who is a true survivor. Image the pressure of only having a lifeline of only around 12 hours. It takes an individual who can withstand life’s pressures and still be able to carry on and make a name for themselves just like the hummingbird who is known as one of the most robust of creatures because of its ability to live for a decade or longer- this is very very rare for animals with such high metabolisms. A hummingbird tattoo is about strength, resilience, and a creature who is a survivor in the truest sense. The hummingbird’s wings move in the pattern of an infinity symbol, which solidifies their image of survival and longevity.

The Hummingbird Tattoo - Movement And Versatility

Hummingbird Tattoo

They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flutter at high frequencies which are audible to humans.

They hover in mid-air at rapid wing flapping rates, typically around 50 -200 times per second! They are able to fly backwards and even upsides down! Given that it can move in several directions in a heartbeat, makes it symbolic of something that can find a way whatever the circumstance and can do it as astonishing speeds. It moves with agility and is a master of adaptation.

A hummingbird tattoo is a perfect choice for a speedy, active and versatile person who knows how to create possibilities for themselves.

The Humming Bird Tattoo - In Different Cultures

A hummingbird in Aztec times, was associated with love and attraction and this is evident in the practice whereby Aztec men used to wear a dead hummingbird around their necks in an effort to attract female attention. Trinidad and Tobago is known as "The land of the hummingbird," It is represented in their 1 cent coin, on their nations coat of arms and is depicted on their national airline, Caribbean Airlines.