Bird breaks world record for non-stop flight, Alaska➜NZ in 11 days

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A bird said to have the aerodynamic build of a “jet fighter” has been tracked flying more than 12,000km (7,500 miles) from Alaska to New Zealand, setting a new world record for avian non-stop flight.

The bar-tailed godwit set off from south-west Alaska on 16 September and arrived in a bay near Auckland 11 days later, having flown at speeds of up to 55mph.

Dr Jesse Conklin, from the Global Flyway Network, a consortium of scientists studying epic migratory journeys, said: “They seem to have some capability of knowing where they are on the globe. We can’t really explain it but they seem to have an onboard map.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/jet-fighter-godwit-breaks-world-record-for-non-stop-bird-flight

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Headline: Bird from the US brings COVID-19 back to the once pandemic free New Zealand

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omg what a king 

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how in the world do they do that i wonder

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Meanwhile I get lost in my own neighborhood 

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Is someone in the world tracking ALL birds flying and how long they are doing so?

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Did the bird not need food or water for 11 days?? I’m confused

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..trying to scape from 2020

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The new it girl!!

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Bar-tailed godwit main pop girl confirmed 

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

They seem to have some capability of knowing where they are on the globe. We can’t really explain it but they seem to have an onboard map.

Amazing  I love hearing this kinda stuff

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1 hour ago, TimisaMonster said:

Is someone in the world tracking ALL birds flying and how long they are doing so?

no otherwise we would have found this out a long time ago

but the birds that do nowadays get tracked end up giving us this kind of awesome info that we never would've known 

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The fact that he’ll never know

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We stan international birds.