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Common Swifts, World's Fastest Migrating Bird, Are Even Faster Than Scientists Realized


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Under ideal conditions, common swifts can cover more than 500 miles per day for more than a week, report scientists. Seems like an unimaginable feat for such a tiny bird, but swifts have adopted a clever strategy that makes these epic migrations possible.
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As a migrating bird, common swifts (
Apus apus) are aptly named. These highly mobile creatures spend more than 80% of their lives in the air when not in breeding mode, and a good portion of this time is spent migrating from northern Scandinavia to their wintering destinations in western and central Africa.
For these long-distance migrations, scientists had previously estimated average speeds of 310 miles per day (500 km/day), but new research published in iScience has updated this figure to 354 miles (570 km/day). More impressively not that this isn’t impressive enough the new study shows that swifts can travel farther and faster than previously thought. At their fastes ....

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Australia Market extends gain


At closing bell, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 added 17.61 points, or 0.25%, to 7,082.28.
The broader All Ordinaries rose 26.02 points, or 0.36%, to 7,346.03.
Miners were mixed, with iron ore miners BHP and Rio Tinto each gaining 0.9% - while Miner Fortescue Metals retreated 0.2% on the back of a weaker than expected quarterly result.
Supermarket giant Woolworths was the most significant drain on the market, dropping 3.9% to $39.81 after a disappointing quarterly result and news it would not be proceeding with a controversial Dan Murphy s liquor store in Darwin.
In economic news, the export price index rose 11.2% this quarter and 8.6% through the year. The import price index also rose 0.2% and fell 6.2% through the year. ....

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