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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by PostOnce on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:53AM (#29226347)
> Human beings cannot do anything like this.

Well, I've flown that far in a day, carrying a couple of suitcases, but it took that bird a week and a half with no luggage.

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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by pantulis on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:59AM (#29226382)
Also it was not carrying any liquids.
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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by pc86 on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:45AM (#29226676)
So we're not so different after all.
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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by mp3k on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:09AM (#29226447)
the breatharian bird
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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by eCa on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:00AM (#29226805)
> Well, I've flown that far in a day

To be the nitpick: You have been flown that far in a day. On a species-level perhaps an equally impressive feat, but on an individual level I’m more impressed by the birdie..

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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by jjoonathan on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:53AM (#29228065)
If we're going to do accounting on an individual level then a tiny fraction of individuals are responsible for flying everyone else (and their luggage and their mail and...) which is super impressive again.
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Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles... by zaarn on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:04AM (#29226840)
A human can fly on their own lift provided you accelerate the human fast enough (bricks fly too after all). Not very comfortable though.
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