Tiny songbird can fly the Atlantic, scientists confirm

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Tiny songbird can fly the Atlantic, scientists confirm

提交时间：5 年以前

Tipping the scale at a mere 4.2 ounces (12 grammes), the white-throated, black-capped blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata) migrates each autumn from New England to South America. The geolocators, weighing only 0.02 ounces, found that the birds completed an astonishing non-stop flight of between 1,410-1,721 miles. (www.telegraph.co.uk) 更多...

Daniel Baker

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alan75035 5 年以前 6

Does it have to connect thru Atlanta?

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btweston 5 年以前 11

African or European?

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tedtimmons 5 年以前 5

For those of you who don't know, btweston's brilliant comment was refering to a line from: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Loved it :-)

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Chris Bryant 5 年以前 -1

I was absolutely going there!
Are you saying coconuts are migratory?

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 -1

Coconuts are indeed migratory ...
via sea!

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blueashflyer 5 年以前 1

Coconuts do float, and can migrate to other islands via currents. However, if coconuts float in saltwater for a period of time they become sterile - they cannot make new coconut trees. And you thought this website was only for aviation news you can use... ;-)

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 1

so are the coconuts still edible after being in the salty ocean for a long time?

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 -6

African or European???
Say again!

Last I checked New England is somewhere in North America quite some distance from Europe and South America is also quite far from Africa!
Maybe you should buy an atlas or else use Google Maps now that you are on a computer with Internet access.

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CaptainFreedom 5 年以前 3

Too awesome! Just another day at the office for these magnificent creatures.

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David Searls 5 年以前 2

What flight level? Bonus link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 1

4.2 ounces = 119 grams
still pretty light.

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Robert Maguire 5 年以前 1

Hummingbirds do the same thing, flying from the US to South America.

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 1

and they are humming all the way ;-)

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David Aaron 5 年以前 1

Only the ones that cross the Gulf at the Yucatan and it's not as long a flight over water, albeit still very impressive for such a small bird.

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Victor Engel 5 年以前 1

This is "only" across the gulf, but still more impressive to me. Lots of small birds cross the gulf. They're so exhausted by the time they reach land that people can stand on shore with their arms out, and the birds will land on them. Very cool.

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Dan Egelhoff 5 年以前 1

4.2 Oz = 119.067997125 grams

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DONALD JONES 5 年以前 1

The stories got the weight wrong. Too many are alike and someone decided to convert the 12 grams, but the decimal point was wrong. The little bird runs aroudn a half ounce and 12 grams is close, but 12 grams is actually .42 not 4.2 ounces......

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Ole Eskildsen 5 年以前 1

wow, such a light "aircraft" could easily be blown off course if it encounters a cross. Maybe it only initiates the trip when it has a direct tail wind?

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DONALD JONES 5 年以前 1

Big misunderstanding on the weight of the warbler in the article. All of the news releases read the same with some minor changes. The weight is .12 to .15 grams or .42... ounces, not 4.2 ounces.
Most bird sources don't mention the weight or list it in grams. . . . . . .

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