/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Survival/rss en /channels/news/why-guillemot-chicks-leap-nest-they-can-fly-266829 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Before they have the wing span to actually permit them to fly, young guillemots (also known as murres) leap hundreds of metres off towering cliffs and flutter down towards the sea, guided by their fathers. Scientists have long wondered why these tiny chicks make this remarkable leap, hoping to avoid the rocks below them, in what seems an unlikely survival strategy for a species.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screen_shot_2017-03-08_at_1.02.21_pm.png?itok=g1lrmJC0" width="160" height="77" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:22:34 +0000 webfull 126030 at /channels