Albatross juvenile (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Albatross juvenile

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A juvenile wandering albatross prepares for flight while his parents look on. This seabird species spends up to 280 days rearing a chick, after which point they will part ways to forage and rebuild their strength before meeting again.

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(Photo by Henri Weimerskirch, Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé)

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