[HN Gopher] The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species ...
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       The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate
        
       Author : FinnLobsien
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2025-03-13 14:12 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | pvg wrote:
       | https://archive.is/XcbSW
        
       | p_ing wrote:
       | More on Bill Lishman:
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       | https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday...
        
       | stevenwoo wrote:
       | Video excerpt from Planet Earth
       | series:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy5b6x
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       | text BBC coverage in non New Yorker
       | style:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231130-the-
       | scientists-f...
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       | All of the Planet Earth series is worth watching, if a bit
       | depressing sometimes IMHO, the making of bits at the end of most
       | episodes is informative as well.
        
         | shermantanktop wrote:
         | It's so common. Amazing nature documentaries filled with the
         | wonder of life, cute animals, interesting science...and a long
         | parade of grim warnings about ecological destruction and
         | catastrophe.
         | 
         | I know why they do it, and I am already deeply concerned about
         | that stuff, but outrage leads to fatigue.
        
       | I_ wrote:
       | The long arc of entropy. Easier to not spill the glass than to
       | clear it up, but fascinating to learn how in any case.
        
         | MattGaiser wrote:
         | It is when you could leave someone else to clean it up, which
         | is what happened here.
        
       | ge96 wrote:
       | Hmm robot bird(s) time perhaps
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       | edit: (to lead the migration)
        
         | metalman wrote:
         | Great idea! Lots of possibility! Vid, below is of a newer
         | flapping wing "hawk" robot bird
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         | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXg-qoRN0co
        
           | ge96 wrote:
           | yeah longevity is a problem, ornithopters are pretty
           | impressive but the flapping mechanism is brutal (high rpm
           | motor with high gearing) and the noise
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           | not sure if the wings were covered in panels and it
           | landed/spread its wings on the ground how long to charge
           | 
           | but yeah there was a hopping bird recently too so being able
           | to take off again would be good
        
         | stevenwoo wrote:
         | Two of the glider pilots raise the chicks for months at a time.
         | So when we have something that can not only fly but hand raise
         | chicks to full grown and also nurture that bond while on stops
         | on the journey to teach the ibis the path.
        
           | ge96 wrote:
           | Yeah that bond/recognition could be something (hard to do
           | with a robot)
        
       | whalesalad wrote:
       | One of my favorite movies as a kid was Fly Away Home which is
       | really a similar story -
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Away_Home
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       | TIL it is based on a true story. Going to have to re-watch this
       | soon.
        
         | mitchbob wrote:
         | The article mentions that the film was the inspiration for the
         | leader of this project.
        
       | trhway wrote:
       | The Supreme Leader of Russian Cranes
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       | https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2012/sep/06/vladimir...
        
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