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World's weirdest migration

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
October 27, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 08:12
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A group of researchers are teaching Waldrapps,  the northern bald ibis, to learn a migration route by teaching them to follow a microlight.

It's part of a wider conservation plan to save this critically endangered bird - because the birds are usually taught migration paths by their parents, impossible because the birds are raised in captivity, an artificial way to teach them is necessary.   

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