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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 04:56 PM Feb 2017

Albatrosses spend 50 years together

Albatrosses spend 50 years together
Attenborough's Story of Life Attenborough


The birds form one of the longest partnerships






By Matt Walker
27 February 2017

Watch the moment when Sir David Attenborough and BBC filmmakers recorded the extraordinary partnerships formed by albatrosses.
Even better, you can watch a further 1,000 more memorable moments, for free, anytime, on your smartphone or tablet, via Attenborough's Story of Life app, which is now available to download via Google Play, or Apple's app store.


http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170221-albatrosses-spend-50-years-together

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eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
3. And to think it's because of a story of a sailor who incurred a curse for killing an albatross ...
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 07:43 PM
Feb 2017

i.e. because sailors regarded an albatross as something akin to sacred, and killing one a blasphemy.



OTOH ....

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)
7. They are truely
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 04:50 PM
Mar 2017

Beautiful and majestic birds. Just a tremendous site to see them soaring at a couple of thousand feet. That enormous wing span of almost 12 feet.

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
8. crows are pretty wonderful too, but so many people hate them.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 02:29 PM
Mar 2017

The babies of this year stay with mom and dad and help raise next years babies. I used to see 2 baby crows with 4 attentive adults and wonder what was going on. Also I used to see a crow in our yard who liked the peanuts we put out but he would wait until the squirrel had his share and left and then he would wait until the stellar bluejay was finished and then he would take his turn. One day I was out in the yard near the peanut feeder and a crow sat up in the tree nearby and purred at me. It sounded so much like a cats loud purr. Sounded like a thank you. And they pick up trash and take it away (that's more than people do)

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