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HARUN YAHYA
An individual swift is known to have lived for as long as eigh-
teen years. In its lifetime, it must have flown some four million
miles. That is the equivalent of flying to the moon and back
eight times. (David Attenborough, The Life of Birds, p. 70)
The albatross (Diomedea exulans), one of the birds with the
greatest wing span, makes a round trip of more than 15,000
kilometers (9,300 miles) in a single foraging trip while his mate
is on incubation duty.
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