Albatross

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Albatross

The largest of all flying creatures is the albatross, which can have a wing span of 3.5 metres. The bill of this huge seagull is long and powerful.

The albatross's ¹ is the southern oceans of the ² where it may sometimes travel great ³. One albatross, found near the Chilean ⁴, had a special identification tag fastened ⁵ its neck which had been put ⁶ in New Zealand only 12 days earlier. ⁷ that brief time the bird had ⁸ 4800 kilometres, an average of 400 ⁹ daily - an amazing feat of endurance.

¹⁰ are capable of flying at speeds ¹¹ than 90 km/h. Their outstanding ability to ¹² and glide far better than any ¹³ bird has led to them being ¹⁴'the prince of soaring birds'.

They ¹⁵ mainly on squid, fish, shrimp, and ¹⁶ creatures that are found near the ¹⁷ of the sea. They also swoop ¹⁸ on scraps thrown overboard from ships. ¹⁹ they will follow a ship for ²⁰ days.

Albatrosses will alight on the ²¹ surface, but only when it is ²². They visit land in the breeding ²³ for a brief time. Adult birds ²⁴ out at sea for two or ²⁵ three years.

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