World's oldest wild bird hatches chick
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From: Zbone
08-Feb-19
Zbone's Link
"Wisdom, world's oldest known wild bird, just hatched a new chick at 68"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/wisdom-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-just-hatched-a-new-chick-at-68/vi-BBTjvDs?ocid=spartandhp
From: Habitat for Wildlife
08-Feb-19
"just who was the hard up fella that impregnated her ?? ... "
Paulbatross?
Couldn't resist Jeff, intended to be funny.
From: Fivers
08-Feb-19
I thought the father was Al-batross??? Maybe not, maybe it was Albert Ross?!?
From: NvaGvUp
08-Feb-19
How in 'ell can they know which bird is the oldest bird?
Give me a break!
From: HA/KS
09-Feb-19
Nva, I thought the same thing too. She is, however the oldest KNOWN to lay an egg.
From: Zbone
10-Feb-19
"How in 'ell can they know which bird is the oldest bird? "
As HA/KS posted,,, the key word here is "KNOWN"...
They started banding these birds shortly after WWII when they started returning to the Midway Islands to nest, seen a recent TV program on one of the nature channels about this...
From: Shuteye
10-Feb-19
What amazes me is once they get airborne the fly for months without landing. They sleep in flight.
