By wing, by fin or by hoof, they are impressive. See all of the photos and brief explanations in following photos .
( Sorry, you have to click the above link to go back to the original website to see them all, somehow the arrows of forwarding and backwarding below are not working here)
Dragonflies
Dragonflies are capable of long-distance migrations, but until recently, scientists had no idea how far they traveled. In 2009, scientists discovered a 14,000- to 18,000-kilometer dragonfly migration route that spanned from India to the Maldives, the Seychelles, Mozambique, Uganda and back again.
Incredibly, the epic migration spans four generations of dragonflies, with each generation playing its part in the journey much like a relay race. It is easily the longest insect migration ever discovered. The dragonflies appear to follow the rains, from the monsoon season in India to the rainy season in eastern and southern Africa.
The annual monarch butterfly migration might be the most colorful migration in the natural world.
Outdistanced only by dragonflies among insects, the monarch migration spans 7,000 kilometers (about about 4,349 miles) includes three to four generations, and occasionally crosses the Atlantic Ocean. It is a spectacular thing to witness.
Salmon
One of nature's most impressive migratory animals is the salmon. They are impressive for their ability to traverse both seawater and freshwater during their journey.
Salmon are capable of traveling hundreds of miles inland via rivers and waterways, and will even ascend thousands of feet up mountain streams to return to the waters where they were born.
Think about it, dear friends,
Amazing, right?
Dragonflies and Monarch butterflies with their thin wings can fly such a long distance to migrate.( with 3 to 4 generations to continue flying. ) Are those wings the results of evolution or are they designed that way? What material can be so thin yet so strong? Before they evolved such a pair of good wings, their species would have perished, right? ( they couldn't have one wing first and gradually grew the 2nd wing long long time ago, as Richard Dawkins wants us to believe.)We all know that Salmons could swim upstream and ascend thousand feet up mountain streams to return to the water where they were born. How amazing! How can Evolution play a role in Salmon's going home? Smart you, can you tell me?
“Was it through your know-how that the hawk learned to fly,
soaring effortlessly on thermal updrafts?
Did you command the eagle’s flight,
and teach her to build her nest in the heights,
Perfectly at home on the high cliff face,
invulnerable on pinnacle and crag?
From her perch she searches for prey,
spies it at a great distance.
Her young gorge themselves on carrion;
wherever there’s a roadkill, you’ll see her circling.”( Jobs 39:26-30)
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