Compiled by: Mintina A Spotted Slipper Photo courtesy of: Dennis Jacobsen/Shutterstock October 13, what are you doing? Have you ever considered starting a direct 13,560km journey from one end of the planet to the other?

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A Spotted-tailed Snake
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October 13, what are you doing? Have you ever considered starting a direct 13,560km journey from one end of the planet to the other?

because this is what the limosa lapponica, marked number 234684, does. The young bird took 11th and started to migrate from the mountains of Alaska and headed to northeastern Tasmania - and did not even return to the ground during that period.

Excellent news for the Sparrow-tailed Sripper Super Marathon Flight. satellite tracking birds for the first time, reaching Tasmania from the mountains of Alaska. What an amazing journey! Thanks to @miranda_trustmMax Planck Institute and others for their work, letting us connect the world together. Natural wildness. pic.twitter.com/NnT0QtLCUx
- Andrew Darby (@looksouth), October 24, 2022
According to the newspaper "The Guardian", the achievements crushed the flight records of another spotted sniper, which traveled about 500 kilometers. In fact, the bird is the holder of two consecutive records, passing about 12,000 km (2020) and 13,000 km (2021) respectively.

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- Global Flyway Network (@GlobalFlyway), October 25, 2022
Use the 5G tag to record the flight trajectory of birds

As the creator of a brand new record, the route passed by the No. 234684 birds extend along the western part of Hawaii Island, flying over island countries, Kiribati Republic and Vanuatu , and then to the cracks between Australia and New Zealand . The aggressive bird reached Tasmania on October 25.

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Scientists tracked it through small 5G satellite tags placed at the back and forth. Same as human records, it has nothing to do with who ends up winning the record, but rather focuses on who is seen trying.

A squid tailed sniper performs a well-deserved rest during the flight
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"There is a great chance that this kind of birds will fly in groups. It's a record of continuous flight, which is amazing," Sean Dooley of the BirdLife Australia agency told The Guardian newspaper.

"The most shocking thing is that young birds migrate separately from adult birds. Adult birds sometimes even set off from Arctic Circle six weeks in advance."

Feed a lot of

How can a sniper fly through such a distance without the need for the ground? According to Dooley, it’s all about accumulating fat for travel, plus flexible revolutionary tricks to shrink their internal organs and thus stock up on more fat.

However, the spotted sniper is not the only bird in the animal world that can complete long-distance flights. According to Audubon, Arctic Tern regularly migrates 19,000 kilometers, or even further, making them the animals with the longest distance to nature. In short, they land and rest during long flights.

Arctic Tern
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Other flight champions worth mentioning include Batheaded Goose , whose flight altitude is more eye-catching than the distance they travel. The bald headed geese pass through the Himalayas twice a year and pass through the passes at an altitude of more than 7,000 meters.


Information source: Andrew Marshall