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🌎 Every year, the Arctic tern completes the longest migration on the planet — flying up to 70,000 km from the Arctic to Antarctica and back 🐦❄️☀️ It nests in Canada, Greenland, and Iceland, then travels along the coasts of Europe and Africa, crosses the equator, and reaches the icy shores of Antarctica — all in search of endless summer. And it’s not alone. The bar-tailed godwit flies 12,000 km non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand over the Pacific Ocean — spending nine days in the air without stopping for food, water, or rest 🌊🕊️ What’s their secret? Birds have a built-in GPS — they navigate using the stars, the Earth’s magnetic field, and even smells. These incredible routes are remembered for life and passed on to chicks, who somehow know the path from their very first flight. Bird migrations are like invisible highways in the sky — traveled by billions of birds every spring and fall ✨


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00:00Did you know this tiny bird flies about 70,000 kilometers every single year?
00:04That's almost twice around the planet, and this Arctic tern is the world champion of migration.
00:10Every summer, it nests in the Arctic, in northern Canada, Greenland, or Iceland.
00:14But when winter comes, it flies towards summer in the southern hemisphere,
00:18along the coasts of Europe and Africa, across the equator and over the Atlantic,
00:22all the way to Antarctica over three months from pole to pole,
00:26where it finds perfect nesting grounds.
00:28And then it flies back every single year.
00:31And here's the bar-tailed godwit from Alaska.
00:34It flies 12,000 kilometers nonstop over the Pacific Ocean,
00:38nine days straight without rest, food, or water.
00:41And the most amazing part is that birds come with a natural GPS.
00:45They navigate using the stars, Earth's magnetic field, and even smells.
00:49Birds remember the route for life and pass it on to their chicks,
00:52who know the way even on their first flight.
00:54Bird migrations are invisible highways in the sky,
00:57traveled by billions every spring and fall.
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