>> Recently in AUE, there was a discussion of "the fastest animals on
>> four legs". What animal on four legs makes the longest overland
>> migration?
>
> Erm. The Serengeti migration is called the longest int he world, and
> includes zebras, & wildebeests (WHY is that not spelt 'beasts', WHY?!??)
> moving about 1500 miles, but the Caribou in Canada migrate 2,000 miles,
> so I don't get how the Serengeti can get all uppity about being the
> longest.
>
> I'm sure I missed something.
>
It's like 'oldest city in North America' - a simple matter to
determined, but when do you start counting? When it became a city or
when someone pitched a tent there? Does it matter if it's still a city,
and if so, what definition of 'city' do you use?
I don't know how there can be two longest migrations, but in the case of
the caribou, I think the length of migration depends partly on which
herd you pick. There's more than one.
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Cheryl