A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas

Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by fartingflamingo on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:43AM (#28651593)

One of the only species of birds known to be capable of transatlantic flight, and also credibly thought to regularly making the crossing [0] is the magnificent frigate bird [1]. The bird has a super interesting capability of flying on a single half of the brain. Remarkably similar to single slower core operation of a computer... [2]

[0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274193260_Has_the_m...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_frigatebird

[2] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2016.008...

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by pedrosorio on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:59AM (#28652814)

From Wikipedia: “Frigatebirds (…) sometimes indulge in kleptoparasitism, harassing other birds to force them to regurgitate their food”

I knew birds could regurgitate food (to feed their young) but this is something else…

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