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Even less exotic creatures than humming birds defy conventional wisdom when it comes to eating consider!!!

“He eats like a pig” isn’t necessarily an insult. The much-maligned pig is not only one of the cleanest of domestic animals, it is also among the leanest, and generally eating an average of less than two kilos of feed a day.

Contrary to the adage, bats are not blind. In fact, some are such good nocturnal hunters that they can catch and eat as many as 1200 mosquitoes and other insects an hour. Most consume more than half their body weight – about none grams – in gnats, moths and other insects every night.

“Hungry as a horse” implies that one is ravenous and ready to eat copious amounts of food. But, Horses don’t gorge, they graze. The typical recreational or light-working horse eats only about two percent of its body weight in good-quality feed a day.