Hey friends, it's Anne here.

Living through a pandemic feels to me a lot like being lost.

And so lately I've been thinking about how other creatures find their way,

and specifically about migration.

Every year, thousands of species, from the largest to the tiniest, sat out into the unknown.

They travel hundreds of miles to places they may never have seen. How do they do that?

This episode, Lessons from the supernavigators.

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I'm Anne Strange Champs.

In a normal year, there would be millions of people all over the planet in transit right now.

Packed into planes and cars, taking trips, commuting to work, going on vacation.

A constant hum of human migration.

And thanks to the pandemic, a lot of that has come to a halt.

But in our stillness, there's an opportunity to notice how much other migration is still going on,

has always been going on, all around us. Billions of animals, birds, reptiles, fish, and insects travel vast distances every year. Moving with the seasons, guided by the stars, the geographic cycle of life.

Maybe it's time we paid more attention. Okay?

Yeah.

You want?

Yep.

Last year, when we could still travel, Steve and I went on a short safari in the Serengeti wilderness.

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