
Wildlife in Mexico #1

by Robert Grac
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Wildlife in Mexico #1
Artist
Robert Grac
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Photograph - Photography
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Albatrosses are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses).
They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains show they once occurred there and occasional vagrants are found.
Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the genus great albatrosses have the longest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 3.7 metres (12 feet).
Albatrosses are highly efficient in the air, using dynamic soaring and slope soaring to cover great distances with little exertion.
They feed on squid, fish and krill by either scavenging, surface seizing or diving. Albatrosses are colonial, nesting for the most part on remote oceanic islands, often with several species nesting together.
Pair bonds between males and females form over several years, with the use of "ritualised dances", and will last for the life of the pair. A breeding season can take over a year from laying to fledging, with a single egg laid in each breeding attempt.
A Laysan albatross, named Wisdom, on Midway Island is recognised as the oldest wild bird in the world
Many nations have established their tourism sector around their natural wildlife. This wild bird was captured in Yucatan, Mexico.
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August 3rd, 2018
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