Saturday, December 8, 2012

Albatross (fidelity and permanence)


This bird is known for its ability to fly and migration across the ocean. However, how far they fly, they always return to the same nest with her partner.
loyalty pair of albatross
Strong bond between the male and female albatrosses take several years until the rest of his life. They have a ritual dance celebrating closeness, with its beak stuck to each other while shaking his body.
Besides this bird is also known as one of the long-lived animals
In the year 2002 the researchers birds in the area northwest of Hawaii was surprised, when they are aware of Wisdom Albatros female bird is incubating her.

By the time they re-sign records that have been given to the birds they observe. Having viewed it turns out, the first Wisdom marked by previous researchers named Chandler Robbins in 1956.dan that means he was already reached 60 years and 20 years beyond the average maximum age Albatros other birds living in the area northwest of Hawaii.

wisdom the old albatross
"Remarkably, he still looks like a half-old albatross," said Bruce Peterjohn, chief of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, as quoted from Cosmosmagazine, "
After 55 years have passed since he was first marked, Peterjohn said, he still looks the same. "This bird is at least 60 years old but still ready to produce offspring," he said.
Based on the data owned by the researchers, the possibility of Wisdom also been widowed at least some of their partner. However, researchers can not confirm this because it is impossible to track who has been a partner of Wisdom throughout his life.

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