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Environment & Energy

Goblor

(163 posts) Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:16 AM Nov 2015

Albatross

A video I made from my time on Midway:

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Albatross (Original Post) Goblor Nov 2015 OP

Beautiful. stuntcat Nov 2015 #1

That's awesome! hunter Nov 2015 #2

They evolved with no predators so Goblor Nov 2015 #3

stuntcat

(12,022 posts)

1. Beautiful.

Reply to Goblor (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 06:09 PM

Nov 2015

Albatrosses are my favorite, I hope they won't be wiped out.
Hah what am I saying? Dummy me. They won't make it.

hunter

(38,311 posts)

2. That's awesome!

Reply to Goblor (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:58 PM

Nov 2015

Did you have to disguise the camera, or were they simply okay with it?

Goblor

(163 posts)

3. They evolved with no predators so

Reply to hunter (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 07:50 PM

Nov 2015

you can walk right by them and there's no reaction or they may snap at you. You can be working on a project and an unpaired albatross will sidle up to you and peck at your pant leg. Last winter there were over 1.5 million Laysan Albatross breeding on Sand and Eastern Island at Midway Atoll. A sight and sound to behold...

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