The world’s oldest known wild bird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, has hatched a new chick at the age of 74.
The chick arrived on January 30, 2025, at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean. This is Wisdom’s first chick since 2021 and an extraordinary event, as albatrosses typically live between 12 and 40 years.
Wisdom was first tagged in Hawaii in 1956 when she was estimated to be five years old. Since then, she has laid around 50 to 60 eggs, with about 30 chicks successfully growing and flying away. Each year, Wisdom returns to the same nesting site in the Hawaiian Archipelago to reunite with her mate and, if possible, lay an egg. Like other Laysan albatrosses, she and her mate take turns caring for their chick. After Wisdom returned to the nest, her partner left to search for food, such as squid, fish, and crustaceans.
Laysan albatrosses are large seabirds commonly found on Pacific islands. They have white heads, dark markings on their faces, orange beaks, and long, pointed wings. They are excellent gliders, traveling long distances over the ocean with minimal wing movement. However, they face threats from plastic pollution, sometimes mistaking plastic for food.
That is one fit cat. I dont think i could walk that far. Let a lone a cat!!!
long way for a cat to travel
it was really good and interesting I loved it good job
That’s a long way.
The owners must’ve been scared to lose their cat but in the end the cat was found by a kind person who looked after the cat after walking 1448 km.
Thats pretty amazing! Very fit cat. Surely it didn’t do it all on paw! That’s crazy!
a least the cat got home
That cat must love their family so much to travel 1448 km, by paw!
I want that cat NOW!!!!!!!!
wish i could travel that far
wow cat strong
traveled so long!
they are so cute