Animals

How many kilometers can an Arctic tern migrate annually?

71,000

Background

An Arctic tern flies about 71,000 kilometers every year. That is the longest migration of any animal on Earth. It travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year. Over its lifetime, it covers more distance than three trips to the moon.

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