Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
Compare the fox's journey of 2,176 miles in 76 days to the average Pacific Crest Trail through hiker's 2,660 miles in 152 days. That's 29 vs 18 miles per day. The PCT record is about 50 miles per day. So an athletic human could have kept up with this canine.<p>Of course the humans don't have to scavenge their meals along the way and the fox doesn't have to carry supplies.<p>Typically dog companions don't do well on such long hikes.<p>So while we can't keep up with migrating fish or birds at least we can potentially keep pace with a fox 1/8th of our size. Yay team. We're bred with the talent to keep on truckin.