Talk:B95 (red knot)

A fact from B95 (red knot) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Moonbird eats horseshoe crabs' eggs, and has flown further than the distance to the Moon?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/June.

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Age[edit]

If "it is not known how long red knots typically live", then how has this bird's "extreme longevity" been established?- 74.215.186.161 (talk) 20:29, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

capitals[edit]

Should "red knot" be capitalized? Rissa, copy editor (talk) 22:36, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]