01-15-09, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
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Originally Posted by August
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Originally Posted by Enigma
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The world height record for a strike is 37,000 feet.
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That is very difficult to believe. After all Mt Everest is only 29000 feet high. How could a bird with their high metabolism survive 8 thousand feet higher than that? |
Geese can get pretty high up too last I heard.
Found something on it:
Birds are capable of flying at much higher altitudes. Bar-headed Geese are known to cross the Himalayas at 29,500 feet (9,000 m). The world record holder is a Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture seen at 37,000 feet (11,300 m.) A Mallard, which struck an airplane at 21,000 feet (6,400 m), holds the record for the highest documented flight altitude for a bird in North America. |
Hmmm, seems like there is a 16kft discrepancy here.
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