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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ghi on October 24, 2008, 10:58:28 AM
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http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10351598 (http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10351598)
This bird goes from Alaska to New Zealand, across Pacific, nonstop flight 7200 miles, 9 days without food, water, sleep. :O
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Wow, that's cool. Nice find.
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Not bad for only going about 33 mph. That would drive me nuts though.
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That is impressive for a vigesimal size bird to do that. Did u know that the largest Albatross dose that trip too. But remained in flight up to seven years with out landing. They have the best gliding ratio of all birds, 22:1 to 23:1. They will drop 1 meter at a distance of 22 to 23 meter. there wing-body ratio is 2:1, wing twice as long as there body.
Do you know how birds, like these two, can fly for a long time with out falling asleep?
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Because Getback overclocked their brains?
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Because Getback overclocked their brains?
And they now respond quicker and are happier birds. :rock We are talking about Falcon right? :lol
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Birds are incredible. I saw a show the other night where some hawks or falcons were catching and eating bats on the fly. Simply amazing. Who ever thought a bat can be caught in flight!
I saw another show about 2 years ago that showed birds catching sea snakes and eating them on the fly. That is one of the deadliest snakes around.
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That is impressive for a vigesimal size bird to do that. Did u know that the largest Albatross dose that trip too. But remained in flight up to seven years with out landing. They have the best gliding ratio of all birds, 22:1 to 23:1. They will drop 1 meter at a distance of 22 to 23 meter. there wing-body ratio is 2:1, wing twice as long as there body.
Do you know how birds, like these two, can fly for a long time with out falling asleep?
Lots of good crank? The kind from back in the day, just like momma used to make?
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Albatross are the largest sea birds. They can fly for days, weeks and years with out sleeping. Reason, their brains are semi- separate. So half of the brain shots down while the other is active.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24540399-5009760,00.html
Here's a spider eating a bird.
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Golden Eagle fly off with a baby goat! WOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I&feature=related)
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Golden Eagle fly off with a baby goat! WOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I&feature=related)
Holy toejam
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http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10351598 (http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10351598)
This bird goes from Alaska to New Zealand, across Pacific, nonstop flight 7200 miles, 9 days without food, water, sleep. :O
And boy, are his arms tired......I'll be here all week..remember to tip your waitress.
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Birds can have micro naps while flying.
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Birds can have micro naps while flying.
Yeah like me when driving a car.. :rolleyes:
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Rufous Hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) make the longest migration of any of the Trochilidae (Hummingbird Family) and, in proportion to size, one of the longest bird migrations.
It breeds as far north as Alaska and winters in Central America, a distance of ~2700 miles. This is is equivalent to 49,000,000 body lengths. This is the longest migration of any bird in terms of body length.
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I just felt like flying...
(http://www.geektyrant.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/forrest-gump-1.jpg)
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LOL Crocket!
RTR
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Birds are incredible. I saw a show the other night where some hawks or falcons were catching and eating bats on the fly. Simply amazing. Who ever thought a bat can be caught in flight!
I saw another show about 2 years ago that showed birds catching sea snakes and eating them on the fly. That is one of the deadliest snakes around.
Was it "Raptor Force"? It plays on our local PBS station as part of their Nature Series. That's an awesome show, and I'm not just saying that because I personally know three of the people they featured, hehe! At the beginning of Raptor Force they show some peregrines protecting a nest on a smokestack, and on a nearby cliff along the Mississippi river. My family and I got to go to the top of that cliff to see the peregrines up close this past July, with the guy they show climbing the smokestack (Bob Anderson). It was freakin' awesome! Wild peregrines flying by 30 feet away, doing mid-air food transfers, harrassing the local pigeons and Bald Eagles, etc...
I also know the guy who put the backpack camera on his falcon, and I've hunted with the guy flying the Goshawk near the end of the show. Awesome folks.
MtnMan
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It's also worth noting that when a bird soars, it's wings are basically "at rest" in the outspread position. It takes effort to raise them or lower them, but it's easy for them to soar.