{"id":1240,"date":"2010-09-14T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:46:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:46:21","slug":"long-distance-flyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/long-distance-flyer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bar-Tailed Godwit flies non-stop for eight days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doing the same thing for a long time can be tricky, like standing on one foot, or jumping and definitely flying. The Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica<\/em>) is the record breaker for this, flying a non-stop eight day migration from Alaska to New Zealand covering an astounding 11,000 kilometers.<\/p>\n

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Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/06\/100609102052.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Bar-Tailed Godwit is one of the longest flyers. It travels from Alaska to New Zealand in 8 days without stopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,13,409,931],"tags":[62,106,107],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allbirds","category-omg_animals","category-omg-facts","category-all","tag-birds","tag-flying","tag-migration"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t