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		alejohausner on Nov 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A lone wolf's miles traveled in northern Minnesota Minnesota is BIG! Earlier this year an Arctic fox was tracked walking 3500 km (~2000 miles) in 76 days from Spitsbergen (Norway) to Ellesmere island (Canada) over the Arctic ice[1]. I thought that was a long way. 1. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/arctic-fox-travels-3-500-km-....

billfruit on Nov 17, 2019 | | [–]

Amazing as per the data, once the fox walked 150 kilo meters in a single day.

war1025 on Nov 17, 2019 | | [–]

It's cumulative travel, not straight-line distance.

primordialsoup on Nov 17, 2019 | [–]

That's covering one marathon distance everyday!

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