Traveling with elders helps whooping cranes fly straight

Birds get more efficient the more they migrate

THIS WAY PLEASE Captive-bred whooping cranes get an escort for their first try at migration from an ultralight aircraft. On later migrations though, youngsters get a boost traveling with older birds.

By Susan Milius

August 30, 2013 at 5:18 pm - More than 2 years ago

Here’s a lesson on road trips from whooping cranes: For efficient migration, what matters is the age of the oldest crane in the group.

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