High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’

Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by saargrin on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:44AM (#20909322)

i wonder what do they do about radiation from cosmic ray exposure at that altitude

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Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by jacquesm on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:22AM (#20909620)

Nothing, they're geese.

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Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by goblin89 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:35AM (#20909666)

GP probably meant potential genetic traits or behaviors that could’ve evolved to reduce the damage from cosmic rays

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Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by saargrin on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:23AM (#20909850)

right

i mean ,did they develop some kind of protective mechanism to deal with exposure (not only radiation but UV and all the other stuff thats up there)

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Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by jacquesm on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:16AM (#20910077)

May contain some useful clues. That's going to be tough to set up an experiment for.

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Re:High-flying geese are ‘the astronauts of the bird world’ by garmaine on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:34AM (#20909897)

It's not significant.

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