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To: DUMBGRUNT

That is just amazing.

I found another article about these birds with a short video.

http://phys.org/news/2016-07-great-frigate-birds-months.html

Thanks for posting the article. Months at a time without landing is amazing.


18 posted on 07/02/2016 10:23:58 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: boycott

NICE FIND! Thank you!
“The birds are able to glide so well, the team notes, because they have the least amount of body weight distributed over the total area of their wings of any bird. They also suggested the birds might actually sleep for just minutes at a time as they are carried effortlessly up into clouds.”

http://phys.org/news/2016-07-great-frigate-birds-months.html#jCp


24 posted on 07/02/2016 10:52:18 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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