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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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To: DannyTN

Got to keep on walkin!


21 posted on 07/02/2019 4:09:31 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

How do you walk from Norway to Canada?


22 posted on 07/02/2019 4:12:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: DUMBGRUNT

But, at least he/she/it/them/they embraced the fossil fuel boycott. More so than the other fur wearing celebs.


23 posted on 07/02/2019 4:26:39 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Could have done if FASTER if he wasn’t lugging that GPS collar everywhere.


24 posted on 07/02/2019 4:37:50 PM PDT by Rio
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To: DUMBGRUNT

But...but...but how is that possible with the artic being ice free in the summer?! /sarc


25 posted on 07/02/2019 5:19:42 PM PDT by MMaschin (The difference between strategy and tactics!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Its transmitter stopped working in February this year, and its fate remains unknown.

I think they'll find the transmitter here.

26 posted on 07/02/2019 5:24:08 PM PDT by Defiant (I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again in 2020.)
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To: BenLurkin

From the song ——”The Squaws along the Yukon are good enough for me.”


27 posted on 07/02/2019 5:42:07 PM PDT by TaMoDee (The Pack will be back in 2019! Go Pack!!)
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To: TaMoDee

She makes her underwear from hides of grizzly bear
And bathes in ice cold water every day
Her skin I love to touch but I just can’t touch it much
Because her fur lined parka’s in the way

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28 posted on 07/02/2019 5:58:02 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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To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe he heard there was ham and eggs.


29 posted on 07/02/2019 6:05:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Grunt, THANK YOU for the help with my post.
Olde Hank Williams did a good one!
OOGA MOOGA MOOGA!


30 posted on 07/02/2019 6:08:38 PM PDT by TaMoDee (The Pack will be back in 2019! Go Pack!!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It was racing an unladen swallow.


31 posted on 07/02/2019 6:08:59 PM PDT by AndrewB
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Looking for henhouses in all the wrong places?

How many lazy dogs did it jump over?

32 posted on 07/02/2019 6:49:48 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

How many lazy dogs did it jump over?

I thought it was a brown fox that was so jumpy?


33 posted on 07/02/2019 7:15:14 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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To: DUMBGRUNT

I dunno...what color are Arctic foxes? White?


34 posted on 07/02/2019 8:29:22 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Famous pangram from typing class.


35 posted on 07/02/2019 8:36:20 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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To: DUMBGRUNT

Somebody’s always chasing after the fox


36 posted on 07/02/2019 8:57:17 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: EEGator

How do you walk from Norway to Canada?

PRACTICE.PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!! (???)


37 posted on 07/03/2019 6:28:10 AM 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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