The team nearly went bankrupt because they were watching the eagles unexpectedly they flew too far

Studying science is a very hearty job, but behind it are countless suffering that only insiders can understand . One of them is the cost problem: research actually costs a lot of money, but only when the results are achieved receive the money to cover costs.

In the case of unfortunate research fail, every effort as well as money can pour into life. So if not funded, scientists will have to work very hard in the state of money does not know when it will end. And that's not taking into account some other risks, such as if you accidentally fall into a nearly bankrupt situation like scientists in Russia recently, it is even more tragic.

Russian scientists have recently been tasked with observing the migrations of steppe eagles.

The story is as follows: Experts from the Center for Relocation for Wildlife in Novosibirsk have in recent years been tasked with observing the migration process of the steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis). They use tracking devices mounted on them, the ability to send messages to the center to update the location of the eagle.

They do the same every year, so they basically know that the eagles will head south in the winter, focusing around areas that don't have phone reception in Kazakhstan. Experts predict this, and they think that the messages will be sent to Russia when the birds return, or to the areas where the waves were received.

Suffering, people calculated by . eagle calculation. What experts could not expect was that some eagles decided to fly further, down as far as Iran and Pakistan. Those are places that have telephone reception, but the cost of "roaming" (international roaming ) is exorbitantly high, up to 0.8 USD per message (about 18 thousand Vietnamese dong).

Migration path of the Russian eagle.

As a result, hundreds of messages accumulated during the time when eagles in the area of ​​no waves were simultaneously sent to the center from these expensive places, leaving scientists with a huge phone bill.

You know, the researchers are so poor, the money is out of reach. At that time, maybe they could only look at each other and silently think, "Toang, it's real!".

Fortunately, our unlucky researchers are not at the point of falling into poverty, all thanks to the loving arms of the online community. The researchers conducted a crowdfunding call, and so the majority of the bill was settled. Even the Russian mobile giant Megafon is helping them, so they are now focused on the eagle's expertise.

"Not only will the money collected be used to pay for the phone service from now until the end of the year, but the end of the migration season of the eagle will always be - that is until April next year" - the center's representative said. "Unbelievable".

Steppe eagles live in southern Russia and on the steppes of Central Asia .

It is known that the steppe eagle is a migratory bird, in which the female is usually bigger than the male, weighing 2.3 - 3.9kg with a wingspan of up to 2m. They live in southern Russia and in the steppes of Central Asia, but may migrate to Africa, Arab, and South Asia when winter comes.

Steppe eagles are important for many cultures. But even so, they are now listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List. At present, only about 50,000 - 75,000 individuals remain in the wild, and it is still decreasing.