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The Godwit’s 7,000-Mile Journey: A Migration That Breaks Records – The New York Times

Source: The Godwit’s 7,000-Mile Journey: A Migration That Breaks Records – The New York Times

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Bar-tailed godwits are avian shape-shifters, whose internal organs go through a “strategic restructuring” before departure. Their gizzards, kidneys, livers and guts shrink to lighten the load for the journey.Credit…Thomas Hanahoe/Alamy
September 20th, 2022 | Category: Issues

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