Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.xs3.de!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail
From: DB Cates <cates_db@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: talk.origins
Subject: feathers (and one bird)
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 12:21:59 -0500
Organization: University of Ediacara
Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org
Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org
Message-ID: <v1o9fl$5fep$1@solani.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89";
	logging-data="89032"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org"
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org
Cancel-Lock: sha1:CtXtJEmfx+in873I7TEYGZM0ZJ0=
Return-Path: <news@reader6.news.weretis.net>
X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org
Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org
	id 789BB229786; Sat, 11 May 2024 13:22:08 -0400 (EDT)
	by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E378229767
	for <talk-origins@ediacara.org>; Sat, 11 May 2024 13:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
          by moderators.individual.net (Exim 4.97)
          for talk-origins@moderators.isc.org with esmtps (TLS1.3)
          tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
          (envelope-from <news@reader6.news.weretis.net>)
          id 1s5qQG-00000002fmj-1lBd; Sat, 11 May 2024 19:22:12 +0200
	(using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)
	 key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256)
	(No client certificate requested)
	by pmx.weretis.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 634713E87D
	for <talk-origins@moderators.isc.org>; Sat, 11 May 2024 19:21:59 +0200 (CEST)
	id 2C4373E869; Sat, 11 May 2024 19:21:59 +0200 (CEST)
X-User-ID: eJwFwQEBACAIA7BK6P2ROALaP4IboaHyJWrx8eWxg7XvTjbKSjgJty5nDMSY2bdhytCN+fgBI4QRKQ==
Content-Language: en-CA
Bytes: 3096
Lines: 18

I just started reading an article in the latest SciAm about feathers, 
including their evolution. The first paragraph gave me a WOW moment that 
i thought I would share (below). I haven't read much beyond that yet.'

"In October 2022 a bird with the code name B6 set a new world record 
that few people outside the field of ornithology noticed. Over the 
course of 11 days, B6, a young Bar-tailed Godwit, flew from its hatching 
ground in Alaska to its wintering ground in Tasmania, covering 8,425 
miles without taking a single break. For comparison, there is only one 
commercial aircraft that can fly that far nonstop, a Boeing 777 with a 
213-foot wingspan and one of the most powerful jet engines in the world. 
During its journey, B6—an animal that could perch comfortably on your 
shoulder—did not land, did not eat, did not drink and <i>did not stop 
flapping</i>, sustaining an average ground speed of 30 miles per hour 24 
hours a day as it winged its way to the other end of the world.
-- 
--
Don Cates ("he's a cunning rascal" PN)