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A new study has shed light on the vast distances travelled by vultures - with several birds regularly commuting over 1,200 km in week-long excursions. These epic journeys were observed by scientists using specialised GPS tags to track the movements of African white-backed vultures in Tanzania.

Lead author Natasha Peters, a PhD student in the University of York鈥檚 Department of Biology, told Newsday: 鈥淭hey鈥�go through what we call a teenage phase, where they start dispersing and travel around to explore the world鈥�They can do this anywhere for a couple of months to a couple of years. They normally come back to鈥�where they grew up to breed and settle down just like humans.鈥�

(Picture: White-backed vultures in Tanzania. Credit: Sergio Pitamitz/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.)