Wow, does this podcast even release episodes anymore? Yes it does, and we are back with Albatross, renown as some of the biggest birds in the world. Majestic birds of the open ocean, clumsy buffoons on land. What is it that makes them special? We find out in this episode.

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Notes

• Pelagic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone
• Procellariiformes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procellariiformes
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834
• Wandering Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/wanalb1
• Tube nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTRRMwXuEg
• Waved Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/wavalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
• Laysan Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/layalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
• Short-tailed Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/shtalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
• Smell: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0709047105#:~:text=Wandering%20albatrosses%20(Diomedea%20exulans)%20forage,role%20in%20natural%20foraging%20behavior.
• Waved Albatross moves egg: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cd6b/5ba04ee23bec2f62f223216ef97be0d307d8.pdf
• Mating dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EYNazaodHg
• Proventriculus: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/proventriculus#:~:text=The%20proventriculus%20is%20a%20glandular,a%20koilin%20layer%20(cuticle).
• Wisdom: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-laysan-albatross-super-mom-is-73-and-still-going-strong/
• Plight of the Tristan Albatross: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/8788007-the-tristan-albatross