America in Transition Pages

Friday, July 1, 2016

These remarkable frigate birds can fly without landing for months at a time

On a tiny island off the coast of Mozambique, a young frigate bird emerges from his nesting place, looks north and flies off. And for 185 days, he keeps going ... for 34,000 miles.

Keep in mind that a complete trip around the equator is less than 25,000 miles.

The great frigate bird is the Energizer...



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