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The way the bar-tailed godwit is built enables it to fly for up to 10 days straight with no food or water. In fact, it makes a 7,000 mile trip from Alaska to New Zealand every year!


The bar-tailed godwit is a species of bird that can fly for longer and farther than what most people may think. For years, scientists have

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