{"id":1324,"date":"2025-01-24T06:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wisdom-the-albatross-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-at-about-74-lays-an-egg-for-the-first-time-in-years\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T06:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:33:51","slug":"wisdom-the-albatross-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-at-about-74-lays-an-egg-for-the-first-time-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wisdom-the-albatross-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-at-about-74-lays-an-egg-for-the-first-time-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom the albatross, world&#8217;s oldest-known wild bird at about 74, lays an egg for the first time in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said.<\/p>\n<p> The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago and laid what experts estimate may be her 60th egg, the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USFWSPacific\/posts\/pfbid098Viph67SBeiqJK79qecr4m9a1JmFPL7xi5xrZEb37h5CYjv6gtnhHXHRm3iRKEwl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p> Wisdom and her mate, Akeakamai, had returned to the atoll in the Pacific Ocean to lay and hatch eggs since 2006. Laysan albatrosses mate for life and lay one egg per year, but according to the USFWS, Akeakamai hadn&#8217;t been seen for several years, prompting &#8220;Wisdom to begin courtship dances with other males&#8221; as soon as she returned to the island last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are optimistic that the egg will hatch,&#8221; Jonathan Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge said in a statement. Every year, millions of seabirds return to the refuge to nest and raise their young.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"wisdom-albatross-oldest-bird-usfws.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/06\/c1eff749-fc29-4fdd-8f53-713b26a90b2f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/88683e101526e5a42dd77ab3dc0e6883\/wisdom-albatross-oldest-bird-usfws.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/06\/c1eff749-fc29-4fdd-8f53-713b26a90b2f\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/c85f90a654e8fa39cfef77ec2df48d1d\/wisdom-albatross-oldest-bird-usfws.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Wisdom the Laysan albatross is seen in a photo with her leg band visible, standing over her new egg, in Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwest edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago, in a photo shared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec. 4, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Albatross parents take turns incubating an egg for about seven months. Chicks fly out to sea about five to six months after hatching. They spend most of their lives flying over the ocean and feeding on squid and fish eggs.<\/p>\n<p> Wisdom was first banded as an adult in 1956 and has raised as many as 30 chicks, Plissner said.<\/p>\n<p> The typical lifespan of a Laysan albatross is 68 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n<p>As <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/meet-wisdom-the-oldest-known-bird-laysan-albatross-in-the-wild-60-minutes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">60 Minutes reported<\/a><\/span> in 2018, Wisdom&#8217;s advanced years have seen her defy not only the general longevity odds for her species, but also the odds crated by the grim condition of her natural habitat. The islands of the Midway Atoll were she nests are awash with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/plastic-treaty-negotiations-pollution-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">plastic pollution<\/a><\/span>. The 60 Minutes team found that many of Wisdom&#8217;s fellow albatrosses have died around her with bellies full of plastic, making her a source of some optimism for researchers. <\/p>\n<p>The USFWS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/Midway_Atoll\/wildlife_and_habitat\/Wisdom_Profile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">called Wisdom<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;a world-renowned symbol of hope for all species that depend upon the health of the ocean to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wisdom-albatross-worlds-oldest-wild-bird-lays-egg-at-74\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wisdom the albatross, world&#039;s oldest-known wild bird at about 74, lays an egg for the first time in years - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wisdom the Laysan albatross was first tagged by researchers in 1956. 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