Great Sniper: Strong Bird Fly Nonstop 6500 km

Bird Gallinagos media or so-called great snipers (in English), bittern blekek, was able to fly across the distance of 6500 miles nonstop at speeds reaching 97 km / hour. Surprising fact was revealed in the publications of researchers at the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

The fact was known after the scientists set up an electronic marker on the bird's body. From observations, scientists found that birds can fly blekek as far as 6170 km nonstop from Europe to Africa in August, 7153 km nonstop for 3.5 days on the next flight period, and 4620 km for two days on another flight period.

Dr Raymond Klaassesn from Lund University, Sweden, who conducted the study said, "Our results indicate that some migratory birds are preparing to fly away even though the discharge and a backup is available, and must spend large amounts of energy to fly.

While Grahame Madge of the Royal Society for Bird Protection says was surprised with the results of this research. "Blekek not look like aviator tough. They seemed not to have the ability to store energy reserves high. It is surprising they could fly so far without stopping," he said.

Blekek birds have brown color and usually stop in the UK during autumn and spring. These birds spend the summer in Eastern Europe and winter in Africa. This bird is only the size of a small pigeon, to be fair if the scientists were surprised by the ability to fly this bird.

Unfortunately, the small bird population of this great nan is threatened due to hunting. Now, the numbers are declining and fewer people can see him. Within a year, this bird is only found two or three times. With the surplus, blekek become one bird with the ability to fly the world's greatest.