In the "Finding Food" Episode of His Series Trials of Life

Essay

In the "Finding Food" episode of his series Trials of Life, Sir David Attenborough features a hummingbird species that feeds almost exclusively on the nectar of the Heliconia flower. He explains that each hummingbird has a circuit that takes it from one plant to another, with the bird arriving regularly at a given flower after a set period. It could take 30 minutes, more or less, to complete the round trip. In one sentence, explain why the following statement could be wrong: "The bird is behaving optimally because it is getting enough energy to continue making its foraging circuit."