The world ’s oldest known barbarian raspberry , a Laysan albatross named Wisdom , just add a new penis to her menage . At long time 65 , that ’s more than a footling telling .
The biddy was conduct at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument , and was first seen emerge from its shell on February 1 . Staff diagnose the chick Kūkini — the Hawaiian word for courier — a few days later , and announced the raw chick onFebruary 8 .
Laysanalbatrossesspend much of the year at sea , coast hundreds of land mile each day over the Pacific Ocean . Each sexual union time of year , the razzing render to the remote atoll , which is known in Hawaiian as Pihemanu , or “ loud hiss noise ” for the millions of sea bird that cuddle there . Female albatross lay a single egg per season , but that unmarried egg is a huge allegiance . brooding alone lasts 130 sidereal day , and raising the wench to escape zeal can take another few months .
An bird watcher shape with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS ) first band wiseness in 1956 , when she was about five eld old . In the last six decennary , Wisdom has raisedas many as 40 chicks . Most albatross mate for life , but Wisdom has likely outlived her first mate and has constitute another . memorial staff are currently holding a contest toname her mate , who is unofficially known as " Goo " or " Gooo , " a reference to his banding number of 6,000,according to NPR .
“ In the face of striking seabird population minify worldwide — a 70 per centum drop since the fifties when Wisdom was first banded — sapience has become a symbolisation of hope and inspiration , ” asylum manager Dan Clark say inan earlier pressure release . Wildlife officials sayWisdom is also breaking seniority records for previously fuck banded birds by " at least a decennium . "
accord to apress release from the repository , Wisdom ’s voyage across the sea and back since she was first tagged could tally up to three million mi entire — that ’s six trip to the Moon and back again .
