{"id":27934,"date":"2021-03-07T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/?p=27934"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:59:55","slug":"worlds-oldest-wild-bird-has-another-chick-at-age-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/worlds-oldest-wild-bird-has-another-chick-at-age-70\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest wild bird has another chick at age 70"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wisdom the albatross, the world\u2019s oldest known wild bird, has had a chick at the age of at least 70.<\/p>\n

The Laysan albatross hatched the chick on 1 February in a wildlife refuge in the North Pacific Ocean, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has said.<\/p>\n

Laysan albatrosses usually only live for 12-40 years. But Wisdom was first identified by researchers in 1956.<\/p>\n

The father is Wisdom\u2019s partner, Akeakamai, who she has been with since 2012, US wildlife officials said.<\/p>\n

Albatrosses usually mate for life, but it is believed Wisdom had other partners in the past that she outlived.<\/p>\n

Although Wisdom hatched her chick in February, in the Midway Atoll national wildlife refuge, in a US minor outlying island in the North Pacific, it has only been reported this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom laid her egg sometime during the last few days of November,\u201d the USFWS wrote in its statement announcing the new arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoon after, Wisdom returned to sea to forage and her mate Akeakamai took over incubation duties. Albatross parents share incubation duties and once the chick hatches, share feeding duties.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The USFWS believes she has had at least 30 to 36 chicks in her lifetime. Albatrosses only hatch one egg every few years.<\/p>\n\n