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The Ten-Month Marathon: Meet the Bird That Lives Its Whole Life in the Clouds
Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the common swift (Apus apus). These small birds spend ...
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Living in clouds: Meet the bird that eats, sleeps and lives almost entirely in the sky for 10 months
A remarkable bird spends up to 10 months airborne, eating, sleeping, and even resting mid-flight, pushing biological limits ...
Small birds like swifts and swallows that migrate long distances have been predicted to travel up to 500 kilometres per day, but new evidence shows that one species of swift can cover far more ground ...
A group of Swedish researchers has found that small brown birds know as common swifts can stay airborne for a record 10 months, offering a tantalizing glimpse of what might be possible for coming ...
Under ideal conditions, common swifts can cover more than 500 miles per day for more than a week, report scientists. Seems like an unimaginable feat for such a tiny bird, but swifts have adopted a ...
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