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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Erika Beras. Got a minute?
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2 .You could be in the Arctic and spot some moss.
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3 .And then you could be at the tip of South America and spot the same kind of moss, and never find it in between.
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4 .So how did this particular plant get so well-traveled?
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5 .Turns out it flew.
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6 .We've long known that birds spread seeds.
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7 .But new research says migrating birds also spread microscopic spores.
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8 .The birds harbor tiny parts of plants and lichens in their feathers, setting up similar colonies thousands of miles apart.
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9 .That's according to a study in the journal PeerJ.
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10 .Scientists inspected feathers from birds in the Arctic that were about to leave for South America.
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11 .Fragments from mosses, algae, lichens and liverworts were trapped in the feathers.
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12 .All of which can grow into new whole organisms.
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13 .The researchers think that long-distance fliers such as the American golden-plover and the white-rumped sandpiper picked up the spores while lining their nests.
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14 .Then when the birds arrive in new places they molt, leaving behind the feathers and their precious cargo,
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15 .to start growing again at the other end of the world.
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16 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science.I'm Erika Beras.
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