Bar-tailed Godwits annual migration from Alaska to Australia

Migration Flights Test Bird Stamina

October 27, 2008 by Editor  
Filed under Features

It has long been known that migrating birds embark on particularly long and grueling journeys when they cross the oceans. What hasn’t been known for sure is whether or not they somehow stop along the way – until now that is. A Bar-tailed Godwit has been bestowed with the title ‘endurance champion of the animal kingdom’ after completing his epic 7,200 mile flight across the Pacific Ocean nonstop.

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