“ They accumulate [fuel] in the form of fat and feed so voraciously on the mud flats of the coast that in a few weeks they almost double their summer weight, ” explains David Attenborough in the book The Life of Birds.
” Mereka menimbun [bahan bakar] dalam bentuk lemak dan makan dengan sangat rakus di beting - beting lumpur pantai sehingga dalam beberapa minggu berat badan mereka hampir dua kali lipat berat pada musim panas, ” demikian penjelasan David Attenborough dalam buku The Life of Birds.