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Some seabirds survive typhoons by flying into them

It’s the first time this behavior has been observed in any bird species

A streaked shearwater flying over water

Streaked shearwaters (one pictured) spend most of their time at sea, where they occasionally fly through typhoons.

Yusuke Goto

By Freda Kreier

- More than 2 years ago

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Some seabirds don’t just survive storms. They ride them.

Streaked shearwaters nesting on islands off Japan sometimes head straight toward passing typhoons, where they fly near the eye of the storm for hours at a time, researchers report in the Oct.