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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Longest Animal Migration Measured, Bird Flies 40,000 Miles a Year


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A map depicts the migration of 19 sooty shearwaters that were tracked using electronic tags in a recent study.

The research showed that the birds (pictured inset) migrated 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) a year, flying from New Zealand to the North Pacific and back. It is the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically.

Map courtesy PNAS/Inset photo courtesy Steve Shunk/USGS

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