Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar<p>Eastern European storks travel east around the Mediterranean, crossing the Suez canal while western European storks travel the western route and cross at Gibraltar.</p><p>They do not fly across the wider parts of the sea because they need to preserve energy by gliding on thermal updrafts like a sailplane and those updrafts primarily exist over land.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Stork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stork</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/StorkFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StorkFacts</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migration</span></a></p>