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malaise

(279,782 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:10 AM Dec 4

74 year old albatross lays an egg [View all]

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/12/03/breaking-news/wisdom-the-laysan-albatross-has-laid-another-egg-at-midway/

Wisdom the Laysan albatross, known as the oldest known banded bird in the wild, has defied the odds again.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said Wisdom, approximately 74 years old, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November.

She has a new mate, and has laid another egg.

USFWS shared a photo of the pair fussing over the egg in its nest at the wildlife refuge. Volunteers have observed the male albatross taking the first incubation

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😀for today’s feel good story

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74 year old albatross lays an egg [View all] malaise Dec 4 OP

Great story and a great surprise. scarletlib Dec 4 #1

LOL malaise Dec 4 #15

Ah, OK, this is about a real bird. DFW Dec 4 #2

I did the exact same thing. LOL NT Gore1FL Dec 4 #7

LOL malaise Dec 4 #16

As a 75 year-old woman,,, I say "Yikes" KarenS Dec 4 #3

Hey, what a bird to do when she got a new younger hubby? LisaL Dec 4 #6

You go girl! Beatlelvr Dec 4 #4

"It's just a number." Kid Berwyn Dec 4 #5

An awesome feel good story Quiet Em Dec 4 #8

Please, God, let it be Harry Truman returning. carpetbagger Dec 4 #9

74 years old - wow! iluvtennis Dec 4 #10

Thanks for posting the pic malaise Dec 4 #13

You're most welcome! n/t iluvtennis Dec 4 #19

In a little more than a month a 78 year old pig we be defecating on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office everyday. usaf-vet Dec 4 #11

THIS malaise Dec 4 #12

This! usaf-vet Dec 4 #14

Well, this makes me feel a little lame for just wanting to retire. Maru Kitteh Dec 4 #17

Gee, she's the same age as me PlanetBev Dec 4 #18

I surely expected a story from The Onion!!! nt LAS14 Dec 4 #20

LOL malaise Dec 4 #21