Bird flies 13560km without stopping to eat, sleep or rest

[ergophobe]

Barred-tail godwit outfitted with a 5gm solar-powered GPS tracker flew 13560km/8425 miles.

This is a bird that cannot land on water. It also doesn't glide. 11 days of non-stop flapping its wings to fly just short of the max distance of a Boeing 787.

https://www.twibchicago.com/p/bar-tailed-godwit-sets-long-distance
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center/news/juvenile-bar-tailed-godwit-b6-sets-world-record

[rcjordan]

2016: The Common Swift Is the New Record Holder for Longest Uninterrupted Flight | Audubon
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/common-swift-new-record-holder-longest-uninterrupted-flight

Longest time:

Scientists have found that the birds can stay in the air for 10 months straight.

[ergophobe]

Damn! It's amazing how efficient a system can get after a couple billion years of trial and error

[rcjordan]

related, sorta

Dumb pix, though

Creating Artificial Eggshells with 3D Printing Leads to the Hatching of 26 Chicks, Paving the Way for Reviving Extinct Species

https://singulism.com/en/2026-05-24-colossal-biosciences-artificial-eggshell-hatchling/