how is this possible – UNIAN
This unique incident completely changed the then ideas about the migration of birds to wintering in warm regions.
Until the 1800s, bows and arrows were high-tech weapons capable of penetrating armor and hitting targets more than 1,000 feet away. But in 1822, an arrow from central Africa made an unexpected journey and helped unlock the secrets of nature, writes Scott Travers, an American evolutionary biologist from Rutgers University, Forbes reports.
In Klutz, Germany, a white stork was found with an arrow through its neck. Despite this traumatic experience, the bird survived and flew over 5,000 km to complete its migration.
This stork became known as the Pfeilstorch, or “arrow stork”, and provided key evidence that ended the debate about where…
