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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Erika Beras. Got a minute?

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You could be in the Arctic and spot some moss.

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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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So how did this particular plant get so well-traveled?

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Turns out it flew.

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We've long known that birds spread seeds.

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But new research says migrating birds also spread microscopic spores.

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The birds harbor tiny parts of plants and lichens in their feathers, setting up similar colonies thousands of miles apart.

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That's according to a study in the journal PeerJ.

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Scientists inspected feathers from birds in the Arctic that were about to leave for South America.

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Fragments from mosses, algae, lichens and liverworts were trapped in the feathers.

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All of which can grow into new whole organisms.

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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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Then when the birds arrive in new places they molt, leaving behind the feathers and their precious cargo,

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to start growing again at the other end of the world.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science.I'm Erika Beras.

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