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 “Flying
forty to 60 miles an hour, housing a
navigation system more sophisticated than a
moon rocket, the (kolea) or Pacific Golden
Plover migrates annually from the Siberian
and Alaskan north to spend the winter in
various tropical Pacific islands. Weighing
only ounces and flying non-stop for
distances up to four thousand miles, the
indefatigable plover unerringly returns year
after year to the same spot on an island.
The equivalent energy output for a man would
be to run four-minute miles continuously for
eighty hours. How this bird navigates is
still a mystery, although it is known that
to some extent it uses the sun and stars as
well as the earth’s magnetic field.“ *
The
Hawaiian Canoe by Tommy Holmes |
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 Tiger Canoe & Kayak P.O. Box 90 Bass Lake, CA 93604 Copyright © 2005, Tiger Canoe & Kayak |
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