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Parenting can be tough, even for the young and energetic, but one elderly albatross is about to go through it all again—at the ripe old (and apparently record-setting) age of 74.
Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is one of millions of the huge seabirds that return to Midway Atoll, near Hawaii, every year to nest.
Wildlife experts say for decades she was doing this with the same partner—the birds are known to be monogamous—and has laid over 50 eggs in her lifetime.
But her partner has not been seen for years, and Wisdom has recently begun to flirt with other males.
On this year’s visit, she has produced an egg that her new partner is helping her to incubate.
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