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a seabird that flies pole to pole because half-measures are for landlubbers
means A slender, fork-tailed seabird related to gulls, known for its graceful flight and long migrations.
from From a Scandinavian source — compare Danish and Norwegian dialect terne — and a cousin of the Old Norse therna. The word migrated into English along the same northern coasts the bird itself patrols.
- migration
- Arctic tern logs 44,000+ miles yearly, pole to pole
- sunlight
- sees more daylight than any animal alive
- lifespan miles
- flies three round-trips to the moon over a lifetime
- dive bombing
- attacks predators and humans who near its nest
- name math
- three ships of terns make a pun joke
arctic tern — migratory seabird with the longest migration of any animal, traveling 44,000 miles annually from arctic to antarctic
common tern — widespread tern species found across northern hemisphere and africa, dives for small fish in coastal waters
royal tern — large tern species native to tropical and subtropical coasts of americas, africa, and asia with distinctive orange bill