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Arctic fox sets new record after walking from Norway to Canada in 76 days
ABC News ^
| 1 July 2019
| Bridget Judd
Posted on 07/02/2019 3:28:02 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
According to researchers at Norway's Polar Institute, the juvenile fox — which was fitted with a GPS tracking device — covered more than 3,500 kilometres in just 76 days, averaging 46km a day.
At one point, its movement rate dropped below 10 kilometres a day for 48 hours.
Scientists believe the juvenile, thought to be under a year old when it embarked on its journey, may have encountered bad weather or stopped to "snap up crustaceans from the open water".
The second leg of the animal's journey into Canada remains more of a mystery, however.
Its transmitter stopped working in February this year, and its fate remains unknow
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: arcticfox
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Looking for love in all the wrong places?
Hopin' to find a friend and a lover; I'll bless the day I discover another heart lookin' for love. And I was alone then, no love in sight; and I did ev'rything I could to get me though the night. Don't know where it started or where it might end;
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:28:02 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
And in the sweltering heat too.
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:28:59 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ fox
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
And when it’s time for leavin’
I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin’ fox
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:30:43 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: DUMBGRUNT
Apparently showing liberals how to move to Canada after they threaten to move there.
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:31:43 PM PDT
by
Purdue77
(Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I thought Greenland and the Arctic Ocean have melted?
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:40:39 PM PDT
by
csvset
(illegitimi non carborundum)
To: rktman
And in the sweltering heat too.
And a heavy-duty fur coat, just in case AGW fails to show.
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:41:12 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: csvset
What does the fox say ?
The preceding advert for Sabra Hummus with J. Kimmel and a large Mexican guy was fun!
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:47:10 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Did he board a boat at some point? Because we all know the polar ice caps have melted....
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:49:21 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:50:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: csvset
Damn, you gotta be quick these days.
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:50:54 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The second leg of the animal's journey into Canada remains more of a mystery, however.
Its transmitter stopped working in February this year, and its fate remains unknown.
Sounds to me like a polar bear had himself a nice meal and pooped it (including the GPS) into the Arctic Ocean.
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:50:59 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: DUMBGRUNT
To: dfwgator; csvset
Arctic Fox
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:56:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
travel 76 days for this fox ?
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posted on
07/02/2019 3:58:32 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
("God love ya! What am I talking about")
To: DUMBGRUNT
Did he cross the water (from Eastern to Western Hemisphere) with a chicken and a sack of corn? And did anyone see the chicken and corn since?
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posted on
07/02/2019 4:02:16 PM PDT
by
drpix
To: SMGFan
travel 76 days for this fox ?
No doubt about it.
The little guy clicked on some link for lonely foxes of the artic.
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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posted on
07/02/2019 4:02:59 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Its transmitter stopped working in February this year....
Was eaten by a ‘endangered’ Polar bear.
To: SMGFan
Hey, any igloo in a storm man.
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posted on
07/02/2019 4:06:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: drpix
And did anyone see the chicken and corn since?
A friend did survival training in Panama, with a chicken and bag of corn... and not much else.
The Fox stayed in the safety of the logic puzzle?
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posted on
07/02/2019 4:09:18 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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