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1. The world's oldest known wild bird is a Laysan Albatros.
She is called Wisdom, because of her age and surviving many current threads like fish-lines, climate change, and plastic pollution.
This is her. Isn’t she beautiful?
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1. The world's oldest known wild bird is a Laysan Albatros.
She is called Wisdom, because of her age and surviving many current threads like fish-lines, climate change, and plastic pollution.
This is her. Isn’t she beautiful?
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2. While I work on this thread (with more albatrosses videos), you could subscribe for The Planet newsletter.
You will like it if you are interested in #nature and #wildlife.
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3. Wisdom was probably born around 1951. Five years later, in 1956, the young albatross, got a red ankle band with the number Z333.
By now, that albatross, Wisdom, has become famous as the world's oldest known wild bird.
#birds #nature #wildlife
3. Wisdom was probably born around 1951. Five years later, in 1956, the young albatross, got a red ankle band with the number Z333.
By now, that albatross, Wisdom, has become famous as the world's oldest known wild bird.
#birds #nature #wildlife
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4. In early March this year, many of the world's newspapers enthusiastically reported that she had hatched another chick at Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian archipelago. At the age of 70!
Read it in The Planet article.
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4. In early March this year, many of the world's newspapers enthusiastically reported that she had hatched another chick at Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian archipelago. At the age of 70!
Read it in The Planet article.
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5. Wisdom’s partner since about ten years is Akeakamai; they have been hatching and raising chicks together for about a decade.
There have been lifelong lovers of Wisdom before, but she has found new partners once she survived them.
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5. Wisdom’s partner since about ten years is Akeakamai; they have been hatching and raising chicks together for about a decade.
There have been lifelong lovers of Wisdom before, but she has found new partners once she survived them.
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#albatross
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6. Next a spectacular courting video. Working on it. Meanwhile, you can subscribe for The Planet newsletter.
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7. Who wouldn’t fall in love for life after such a passionate courtship dance?
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#love #weekend #animals #video
7. Who wouldn’t fall in love for life after such a passionate courtship dance?
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#love #weekend #animals #video
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8. Life for an albatross is not just binge flying over the oceans; they need to survive classic risks like tsunamis and hungry sharks.
And in the last decades, new, deadly threats have emerged, like plastic #pollution, fishing lines, #climate change
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8. Life for an albatross is not just binge flying over the oceans; they need to survive classic risks like tsunamis and hungry sharks.
And in the last decades, new, deadly threats have emerged, like plastic #pollution, fishing lines, #climate change
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9. I am counting down the last 52 days of the year by recalling one event of each week of this year.
Today was Week 9, the first week of March, and this was the news fact I wanted to highlight.
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9. I am counting down the last 52 days of the year by recalling one event of each week of this year.
Today was Week 9, the first week of March, and this was the news fact I wanted to highlight.
Have you subscribed to The Planet newsletter?
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10. I have grown fond of Wisdom since first reading about her, and I admire the beauty of all albatrosses.
Wisdom's story of becoming a mother again touched many people. It also shows how much we still have to learn about nature.
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10. I have grown fond of Wisdom since first reading about her, and I admire the beauty of all albatrosses.
Wisdom's story of becoming a mother again touched many people. It also shows how much we still have to learn about nature.
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11. Every day, many species of animals and plants die out before scientists even have the time to research them properly.
Nobody expected Laysan albatrosses to grow older than 40 until Wisdom showed them that at 70, she is still having new chicks.
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11. Every day, many species of animals and plants die out before scientists even have the time to research them properly.
Nobody expected Laysan albatrosses to grow older than 40 until Wisdom showed them that at 70, she is still having new chicks.
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12. My admiration for the beauty of nature increases further when I get to know one individual a bit better; Wisdom has become a kind of far away friend for many, a celebrity with fans all over the world.
And her fans are fans of The Planet.
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12. My admiration for the beauty of nature increases further when I get to know one individual a bit better; Wisdom has become a kind of far away friend for many, a celebrity with fans all over the world.
And her fans are fans of The Planet.
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13. I forgot to say it was the end of the thread. So while I’m back with this last tweet, why not add one more courtship dance. Sound on and enjoy 😊
ps: don’t forget to read the article I attached to some of the other tweets.
13. I forgot to say it was the end of the thread. So while I’m back with this last tweet, why not add one more courtship dance. Sound on and enjoy 😊
ps: don’t forget to read the article I attached to some of the other tweets.
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