{"id":195652,"date":"2021-03-06T00:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wisdom-the-albatross-is-oldest-wild-bird-to-lay-chick-at-75\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T00:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:07:46","slug":"wisdom-the-albatross-is-oldest-wild-bird-to-lay-chick-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wisdom-the-albatross-is-oldest-wild-bird-to-lay-chick-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wisdom the albatross is oldest wild bird to lay chick at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Wisdom the albatross is oldest wild bird to lay chick at 75<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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For this elder albatross \u2014 and new mother \u2014 the name \u201cWisdom\u201d is well-earned.<\/p>\n

At 75 years old (at least), she may be no spring chicken, but this Laysan albatross of the north Pacific has lived through it all, setting the record as the world\u2019s oldest known wild bird. <\/p>\n

And recently, she set an even more remarkable benchmark, becoming also the world\u2019s oldest known bird to hatch a healthy chick. <\/p>\n

\u201cCute baby alert! Wisdom\u2019s chick has hatched!!!,\u201d the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the Pacific region tweeted last month, alongside an image of the proud mom tending to her newborn. <\/p>\n

The hatchling debuted Feb. 1 at the Midway Atoll, a national wildlife refuge about 900 miles north-west of Hawaii, as the albatross flies. The baby\u2019s father is Wisdom\u2019s long-term partner Akeakamai, together since 2010 \u2014 when the matriarch was around 65 years old.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8Cute baby alert! Wisdom’s chick has hatched!!! \ud83d\udc23\ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n

Wisdom, a m\u014dl\u012b (Laysan albatross) and world\u2019s oldest known, banded wild bird is at least 70 years old. Biologists estimate she has had at least 30-36 chicks. https:\/\/t.co\/cjM8X2clme<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf8-Jon Brack\/Friends of Midway Atoll NWR pic.twitter.com\/voK0kO27ed<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 USFWS Pacific Region (@USFWSPacific) February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cWe believe Wisdom has had other mates,\u201d wrote US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dr. Beth Flint, in an article published on the agency\u2019s\u00a0Medium<\/a> site. In fact, Flint and her colleagues estimate that Wisdom has spawned a minimum of 30 to 36 chicks. \u201cThough albatross mate for life, they may find new partners if necessary \u2014 for example if they outlive their first mate.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s also an issue for the albatross researchers, who have been known to pass away before their subject of interest. Such was the case with biologist Chandler Robbins, who first tagged Wisdom in 1956, and died in 2017, according to National Geographic<\/a>. <\/p>\n

After surviving countless storms and tsunamis, habitat loss and climate change, Wisdom finally earned her affectionate moniker in 2002, when she was rediscovered by Robbins, \u2014 at which point they realized that she had become the world\u2019s oldest tracked wild bird, now at least 75, scientists estimate. <\/p>\n

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Wisdom\u2019s \u201cgreatest contribution\u201d will be the way she\u2019s endeared humans toward nature and conservation, scientists say.<\/figcaption>
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Wisdom has since become a symbol of the threat that many seafaring bird species face. Laysan albatross have been identified as \u201cnear-threatened\u201d by the International Union for Conservation<\/a>, but several other albatross species are considered critically vulnerable or endangered. <\/p>\n

Despite threats to the Laysan albatross, researchers say the achievement is important for other reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a bird with a life span comparable to a human,\u201d said Flint, for National Geographic in January. Indeed, Cornell\u2019s AlbatrossCam based on Kauai, which broadcast between 2014 and 2018, garnered diverse viewers from some 190 countries. \u201cI think her greatest contribution is the interest she stimulates in folks. She\u2019s also drawing more people into the science<\/a>s.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n