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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
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Laysan Albatross
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Laysan Albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) - photo by SharifUddin59
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Laysan Albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are able to drink seawater and generally mate for life.
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Hnn dont know what to ask other then I see you also like birds and you seem cool so viciously shakes hand what is your favourite bird?
YES. I LOVE BIRDS SO VERY MUCH.
my favorite bird is the laysan albatross! i’m partial to all Procellariiformes but i will talk about any bird given the opportunity i’ll be honest
but since you asked:
firstly, their scientific name: Phoebastria immutabilis means “bright star, unchangeable” in ancient Greek which is just beautiful, i’m clawing at the walls of my cage. and just look at the eyeliner, fantastic. amazing
secondly! they are tubed nosed seabirds. those tubes in their noses have multiple uses such as measuring the airspeed around them to help with flight and secreting salt from a nasal gland up in there kind of like the opposite of snorting the good coke
third, i mean look at their wings! they have an adapted body structure that creates a stupidly high gliding ratio on those wings! their muscles lock in their wings to keep them extended for maximum soaring up for days at a time. there’s also a running hypothesis that the darker dorsal wing colors actually warms the air around them, creating a space of lower air pressure which reduces drag and generates lift, helping them fly longer.
fourth, they are monogamous and will mate for life. they have extremely elaborate courtship rituals with over 25 different movements. the sequence and movements are unique to the pair and partners will practice for years to get them just right.
fifth, they are known for forming same sex relationships naturally and keeping them! in hawaii, there is an uneven ratio of males to females which resulted in 31% of pairs on one island being females! and since albatross mate for life, the girls are in it together for the long haul. conservationists have actually been using them as foster parents for chicks that needed to be moved from air fields and other dangerous places. LOVE WINS!!
this is a picture i took of a chick in 2020, a bit blurry but fluffy as hell i care them
and finally, this photo is of wisdom, the oldest wild bird recorded (they first banded her as a breeding adult in 1956). this year she turns 71! she raised a chick last year at age 70 and is estimated to have raised over 30 chicks in her lifetime (which for a bird that lays one egg annually and often skips years, is pretty dang cool). she is estimated to have flown well over 3,000,000 miles in her lifetime which is 120 times the circumference of the earth. go grandma!
#birdsquawks-caw-caw#i’m not sorry i love these guys so much#kept borrowing the book about them in the library to the point where the librarian put limits on how many times i can borrow it in a row#birds
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Okay enough horniness, time for #FunFactsWithChewryy
Above is a picture of birds called the Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis). 99.7% of these bad boys (and girls)'s homes belong in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (estimated to be 1.18mil of them living there). But apparently they are also known as one of the most gayest animals, with 31% of them being lesbians.
I’ve come to find out that i would fit right in with so many birds.,,, peacocks, ducks and now the Laysan Albatross
They look so pretty as well, look at their eyes😔😔😔😔
#˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Adonis Speaks#FunFactsWithChewryy#yes im making this an actual hashtag 😼😼😼😼😼#thank you chewryy!!#they know wtf they doin#they have life all figured out
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Tim Burr
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Bobby Brittingham
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Ron Horn
#laysan albatross#phoebastria immutabilis#diomedeidae#procellariiformes#birds#ron horn#aesthetic-birds
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Eric VanderWerf
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Hesper Fang
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Tom Liao
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
© Diane Traina
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Laysan Albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) - photo by meganemilydalton
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day 374, a laysan albatross.
Requests for birds are open! Just drop a message with one and I’ll reply when I can. It just takes me a while to get to them these days. I’m aiming for at least once a week, usually Thursdays.
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Wisdom, the world’s oldest known breeding bird, sits with her chick in a nest at the Midway Atoll animal refuge centre. The Laysan albatross, who is at least 68 years old and has raised at least 31 chicks, hatched her latest one this month at the remote atoll north-west of Hawaii, US
Photograph: Bob Peyton/AP
(via Week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)
#Laysan Albatross#Phoebastria immutabilis#Phoebastria#Diomedeidae#Procellariiformes#Aves#birds#albatross#seabirds#chick#nest#nestling#Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge#Midway Atoll NWR#Midway Atoll
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