The World's Longest Non-Stop Flight

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The bar-tailed godwit makes the longest nonstop flight of any bird: From Alaska to New Zealand. And they have to shrink their organs to do it. Would you like a bar-tailed godwit? Get yours here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-godwit Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Alex Tomlinson. You can find out more about him and his work here: https://alex.gd/ You can cancel your pin subscription any time by emailing [email protected] Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #migration #bird #birds Host: Hank Green (He/Him) ----- Sources: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000362 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/science/migratory-birds-godwits.html https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290005806_Assessment_of_the_Anadyr_lowland_subspecies_of_Bar-tailed_Godwit_Limosa_lapponica_anadyrensis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.13024 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693158/111221714#geographic-range https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693158/111221714#habitat-ecology https://ebird.org/species/batgod https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theunis-Piersma/publication/273697610_Migration_distance_and_breeding_latitude_correlate_with_the_scheduling_of_pre-alternate_body_moult_a_comparison_among_migratory_waders/links/5587ed6308ae71f6ba91857b/Migration-distance-and-breeding-latitude-correlate-with-the-scheduling-of-pre-alternate-body-moult-a-comparison-among-migratory-waders.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960216.x https://ebird.org/species/batgod1 https://www.iowadnr.gov/About-DNR/DNR-News-Releases/ArticleID/2868/8-cool-things-you-should-know-about-Canada-geese https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70135114 https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/139/2/ukab086/6523130#343579373 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.685764/full https://asknature.org/strategy/organ-changes-enable-long-migration/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12468 ------ Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/asian-man-driving-car-at-dawn-stock-footage/900367210?phrase=road%20trip https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/driving-on-a-country-road-through-the-forest-stock-footage/1335250667?phrase=roadtrip https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/aerial-drone-shot-of-us-highway-rest-stop-during-peak-stock-footage/1286518627?phrase=rest%20stop https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/day-to-night-time-lapse-from-high-up-on-the-alps-stock-footage/841155400?phrase=day%20to%20night https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bar-tailed-godwit-summer-plumage-flight-stock-footage/1225977297?phrase=Bar-tailed%20godwit https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/world-map-vector-silhouette-on-white-royalty-free-illustration/1311051529 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVTB8og43E https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bar-tailed-godwit-eating-crabs-stock-footage/1322320831?phrase=Bar-tailed%20godwit https://youtu.be/3CqBfJN4qts?t=91 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/world-map-vector-silhouette-on-white-royalty-free-illustration/1311051529https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bar-tailed-godwit-stock-footage/1316706910?phrase=bartailed%20godwit https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/flock-of-graceful-canadian-geese-flying-in-slow-motion-stock-footage/493565586?phrase=Canada%20Goose https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bar-tailed-godwit-or-limosa-lapponica-stock-footage/1014513378?phrase=Bar-tailed%20godwit https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/world-map-vector-silhouette-on-white-royalty-free-illustration/1311051529 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/bar-tailed-godwit-royalty-free-image/871176058?phrase=Bar-tailed%20godwit https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bar-tailed-godwit-or-limosa-lapponica-stock-footage/1014518920?phrase=Bar-tailed%20godwit https://bit.ly/3zGAlnL https://bit.ly/3NxI9Od https://bit.ly/3FZRtZN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzF_2AcXets https://youtu.be/3CqBfJN4qts?t=91 https://bit.ly/3UoLeCx https://bit.ly/3fAeHL1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFmQCnl1Dbo https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116309898 https://bit.ly/3NwsVcm https://bit.ly/3E0pDLa https://bit.ly/3Ww8O1U https://bit.ly/3T3Ryy8 https://bit.ly/3Nzazr5 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/bar-tailed-godwit-royalty-free-image/1182616741?phrase=bar-tailed%20godwit