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Wisdom, the albatross. It’s by no means too outdated to be a mother
You may say so many issues are for the birds. The newest is having youngsters in outdated age.
Jokes apart, scientists are comfortable to report {that a} a 74-year-old Laysan albatross with as many as 30 offspring is making an attempt for one more youngster.
The fowl with the Latin identify Phoebastria immutabilis, and known as ‘Wisdom’, nests on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, alongside practically 70% of all Laysan albatrosses in Hawaii. She was first ringed as an grownup in 1956 by the legendary ornithologist Chandler Robbins and is now the world’s oldest identified banded fowl within the wild.
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
“We are optimistic that the egg will hatch,” Jonathan Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge mentioned in an announcement. Millions of seabirds return to the refuge to nest and lift their younger yearly.
Wisdom and her companion, a fowl known as Akeakamai, have returned to the Pacific Ocean atoll since 2006. They mate for all times, and lay one egg a yr. Akeakamai has not been seen for the previous a number of years and Wisdom has began talking with different males since her return.
Albatrosses will not be anticipated to stay greater than 50 years, making Wisdom a legend amongst birds. She hatched her newest chick a couple of years in the past in February 2021, making her a minimum of 70 years outdated.
