The More You Know ★
The More You Know ★
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The Albatross is the largest bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean before coming to the land to mate. It is capable of traveling more than 10,000 miles in a single journey.- https://www.theguard…imbecile
- Expect they land (on water) to eat and sleepGnash
- I was obsessed with these as a kid. Wandering Albatross Facts:
They live as much 50 years. They put more mileage on their record-setting wings in a year..garbage - ..than you might put on your car before you sell it. Some have been tracked at 80,000+.garbage
- Their first flight as a chick is spreading their wings and letting the wind do the work for them. If they land, they need a runway. Vids of both are hilarious.garbage
- Plastics are not the only albatross killers. Because they are skim eaters, they often follow commercial fishing boats that use long-line fishing.garbage
- They take the bait, get hooked and are dragged behind the boat until they drown.garbage
- But that's not the end of the drowning fun! They also tend to nest close to the water, and old birds are creatures of habit..garbage
- ..will return to their old nest. Some of these birds have literally witnessed global water rise. There are programs to relocate them to higher grounds.garbage
- https://www.youtube.…Continuity
- flol great addition. The idea of the Ancient Mariner falling so low as to beg people to eat it off him is genius.garbage