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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22791328

The world's oldest known wild bird has laid an egg at the approximate age of 74, US biologists say.

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was filmed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) at the Midway Atoll national wildlife refuge in the Pacific Ocean with her latest partner looking after the egg.

Members of the species usually only live for 12-40 years, but Wisdom was tagged in 1956 when she was about five.

Edit: trying to add a link to this post because it only added the image, but it's being a bish

www.iflscience.com/wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-at-74-years-old-after-finding-new-mate-77074

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Albatross can be cougars. TIL

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

...tagged in 1956...

Science is cool

[–] anon6789 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Birds are such amazing animals. There seems to be no end to the wonderous abilities they have!

[–] essteeyou 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A bird wrote that comment.

[–] anon6789 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can neither confirm nor deny that... 🦉

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Birds might be posting on Lemmy too, which indicates they're unusually intelligent.

[–] LorIps 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Birds might be posting on Lemmy too, which indicates they’re ~~unusually intelligent~~ incredibly stupid.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

...and they're modest, or ironic too!

But birds definitely aren't real.

[–] anon6789 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Uhhh...no need to check my post history for a potential stray bird post or so....

[–] essteeyou 3 points 6 days ago

Owl take a look.

[–] subtext 7 points 6 days ago