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takluyver on Oct 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: This Bird Can Stay in Flight for Six Months Straig...

Nice. To convey the scale better: that's the equivalent of flying twice around the world.

seszett on Oct 11, 2013 [–]

Even better, that's not just the equivalent but they actually do fly around the world - ok, not two straight flights around the world, but from the Arctic to Antarctica and back!

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