Space Daily·3 min read·medium
How does an animal weighing less than a chocolate bar fly 13,000 kilometres across the Pacific without landing, eating or sleeping?
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Lachlan Brown
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Researchers are studying the bar-tailed godwit, a small bird capable of flying over 13,000 kilometers across the Pacific without stopping. The study highlights the bird's unique physiological adaptations that allow it to endure such extreme migratory journeys.
The tiny migrants rewire their bodies before each epic journey, pushing the limits of animal endurance in ways that challenge everything we thought possible about survival.
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