1 posted on
09/14/2007 2:18:42 PM PDT by
blam
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2 posted on
09/14/2007 2:22:02 PM PDT by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Sleeping half a brain at a time?
4 posted on
09/14/2007 2:26:47 PM PDT by
spanalot
To: blam
But they told us that Global Warming would lead to mass extinctions!
5 posted on
09/14/2007 2:27:45 PM PDT by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: blam
E7 found her way by analyzing polarized light to get a fix on the sun by day, even in heavy clouds,... No need to stop and ask directions when you can analyze polarized light.
6 posted on
09/14/2007 2:30:08 PM PDT by
FreeReign
To: blam
According to satellite data, E7 flew at an average speed of 34.8 miles an hour (56 kilometers an hour), seeking favorable winds at elevations between 1.85 miles (3 kilometers) and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers). Sure. I'd bet this bird actually did a "Rosie Ruiz", and you'd find the real data: on day 1 and day 9 1.85 miles high and 34.8 mph, but days 2 thru 8 were at a rock steady 8 knots at an altitude of 55 feet.
7 posted on
09/14/2007 2:31:58 PM PDT by
C210N
To: blam
Amazing tale (considered a pun there but resisted I’ll have you know). I suppose this one now is the record holder for long distance flight, replacing the Arctic Tern.
8 posted on
09/14/2007 2:35:08 PM PDT by
Dysart
(Lip-readers are more fun than naked Jell-O fights.)
To: blam
Truly an impressive feat! I wonder how this compares to the Arctic Tern?
9 posted on
09/14/2007 2:37:49 PM PDT by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: blam
"Geese fly at 29,000 feet."Not over my house.
10 posted on
09/14/2007 2:41:06 PM PDT by
magellan
To: blam
Pretty amazing...birds are...
11 posted on
09/14/2007 2:43:34 PM PDT by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: blam
I think if you wandered into a pub and called someone a “bar-tailed godwit” they’d likely punch your lights out.
To: blam
Wow, amazing. I get winded going out to get the mail!LOL.
To: blam
So, it did it in one fell swoop.
16 posted on
09/14/2007 2:50:16 PM PDT by
Defiant
("Expectorate" has Specter in it.)
To: blam
But as with every single amazing animal in the world, they’re threated with extinction unless we don’t do something to curb capitalism NOW!
18 posted on
09/14/2007 2:53:19 PM PDT by
pianomikey
(Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
To: blam
That’s an amazing feat. The Godwit that is.
29,000 feet, for the geese? How do they breathe?
22 posted on
09/14/2007 3:03:07 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: blam
I have heard of these amazing flights before but still don’t understand how the birds can fly so long without drinking. They don’t sweat and obviously aren’t using much water in their metabolism.
23 posted on
09/14/2007 3:07:17 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: blam
Any chance they’ll start selling seats?
25 posted on
09/14/2007 3:10:26 PM PDT by
IslandJeff
(Matthew 28: 19-20)
To: blam
"Something is seriously wrong," he said. Stopping amongst starving Koreans can't be good for migration.
30 posted on
09/14/2007 3:17:32 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
To: blam
"It's the equivalent of a human running at 70 kilometers an hour [43.5 miles an hour] for more then seven days."Where did they get that?
That's 7300 miles. A human burns about 100 calories per mile, or 730 000 calories for the trip. At 3000 calories per pound, that would be a weight loss of over 240 pounds. I only weigh 165. I guess they must be a lot more efficient flying than we are running.
31 posted on
09/14/2007 3:23:37 PM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: blam
A female shorebird was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles (11,500 kilometers) nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand—without taking a break for food or drink. I don't get it.
What's so great about New Zealand that any bird would even think of doing this?
32 posted on
09/14/2007 3:24:29 PM PDT by
Jorge
To: blam
Flying 7000 miles, shutting down one side of the brain while continuing to fly, learning the northern and southern hemisphere's star patterns, shedding 1/2 their body weight during the trek.
No one - even in their wildest dreams - could possibly think this bird evolved like this - now could they? What a feat!
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