it flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia, but now its habitat is under threat

  • Written by: Birgita Hansen, Senior Research Fellow, Federation University and Better Data for Better Decisions Constellation Leader, Food Agility CRC, Federation University Australia
it flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia, but now its habitat is under threatDavid Bassett, Author provided

Imagine having to fly non-stop for five days over thousands of kilometres of ocean for your survival. That’s what the Latham’s Snipe shorebird does twice a year, for every year of its life.

This migratory shorebird, similar in size to a blackbird, completes this gruelling migration to warmer climes, where...

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