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08-05-2016, 06:18 AM
Fresh solar-powered satellite tags track two birds' flight from Australia to Russia
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Nature has given us more evidence that we are the laziest link in the evolutionary chain.*
A pair of grey plover birds have been tracked flying from balmy Australia to the comparitively frigid shores of Russia.
SEE ALSO: Macaw cam gives literal bird's eye view of Australian countryside (http://mashable.com/2016/07/26/macaw-flight-camera-australia/)
The two birds called CYA and CYB (genius, guys) were tagged by researchers in the early part of 2016. The tiny, solar-powered satellite tags have revealed that the duo flew **n-stop (with the stamina of a sun-soaked-superman (http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/Photonucleic_Effect)) from the south of Australia to China — a blistering 7,000 kilometres (4,349 miles).*
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One of the two tagged Grey Plover birds - aptly named CYA.
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Nature has given us more evidence that we are the laziest link in the evolutionary chain.*
A pair of grey plover birds have been tracked flying from balmy Australia to the comparitively frigid shores of Russia.
SEE ALSO: Macaw cam gives literal bird's eye view of Australian countryside (http://mashable.com/2016/07/26/macaw-flight-camera-australia/)
The two birds called CYA and CYB (genius, guys) were tagged by researchers in the early part of 2016. The tiny, solar-powered satellite tags have revealed that the duo flew **n-stop (with the stamina of a sun-soaked-superman (http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/Photonucleic_Effect)) from the south of Australia to China — a blistering 7,000 kilometres (4,349 miles).*
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/aoAbsZziHIdYwqCJcVdR3ATbgGM=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F167894%2F7688774-3x2-700x467.jpg
One of the two tagged Grey Plover birds - aptly named CYA.
Image: ABC ADELAIDE/PETER OWEN (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-04/satellite-tags-plot-bird-flight-from-russia-to-adelaide/7689312) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/grey-plover-migration-australia-russia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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