Fresh solar-powered satellite tags track two birds' flight from Australia to Russia
 

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.

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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) 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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