Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
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Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#2It’s even more impressive when you consider she was rubbing her shoulder on the ground the entire 2,700 miles trying to get the transponder to come off.
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#3It’s even more impressive when you consider she was rubbing her shoulder on the ground the entire 2,700 miles trying to get the transponder to come off.
Surely they checked to see how tolerant the fox was before blindly letting it go
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#4Compare the fox's journey of 2,176 miles in 76 days to the average Pacific Crest Trail through hiker's 2,660 miles in 152 days. That's 29 vs 18 miles per day. The PCT record is about 50 miles per day. So an athletic human could have kept up with this canine.
Of course the humans don't have to scavenge their meals along the way and the fox doesn't have to carry supplies.
Typically dog companions don't do well on such long hikes.
So while we can't keep up with migrating fish or birds at least we can potentially keep pace with a fox 1/8th of our size. Yay team. We're bred with the talent to keep on truckin.
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#5I don't understand why articles like this cant have a map? id argue almost every news article should have a map, giving it context locally, regionally and globally. But especially when you're talking about a crazy trek, even if it was just two points on a map - context is king.
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#6It’s even more impressive when you consider she was rubbing her shoulder on the ground the entire 2,700 miles trying to get the transponder to come off.
I couldn't find that info anywhere in the text so I assume it's a remark trying to point out a problematic animal-abuse like aspect of this research. Which I do not see
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#7Compare the fox's journey of 2,176 miles in 76 days to the average Pacific Crest Trail through hiker's 2,660 miles in 152 days. That's 29 vs 18 miles per day. The PCT record is about 50 miles per day. So an athletic human could have kept up with this canine. Of course the humans don't have to scavenge their meals along the way and the fox doesn't have to carry supplies. Typically dog companions don't do well on such…
It's pretty cold up there and the fox didn't have a sleeping bag or tent :-)
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#8Compare the fox's journey of 2,176 miles in 76 days to the average Pacific Crest Trail through hiker's 2,660 miles in 152 days. That's 29 vs 18 miles per day. The PCT record is about 50 miles per day. So an athletic human could have kept up with this canine. Of course the humans don't have to scavenge their meals along the way and the fox doesn't have to carry supplies. Typically dog companions don't do well on such…
It's pretty cold up there and the fox didn't have a sleeping bag or tent :-)
Just a thick fur coat.
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#9I don't understand why articles like this cant have a map? id argue almost every news article should have a map, giving it context locally, regionally and globally. But especially when you're talking about a crazy trek, even if it was just two points on a map - context is king.
They linked to it: https://giphy.com/gifs/Q67UV1IkG36cGlz1dd
Re: Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
#10Compare the fox's journey of 2,176 miles in 76 days to the average Pacific Crest Trail through hiker's 2,660 miles in 152 days. That's 29 vs 18 miles per day. The PCT record is about 50 miles per day. So an athletic human could have kept up with this canine. Of course the humans don't have to scavenge their meals along the way and the fox doesn't have to carry supplies. Typically dog companions don't do well on such…
Walking a trail isn’t the same as walking cross country. Humans aren’t very good at off trail navigation.