WrongDonkey
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Sep 19, 2019 3:16 AM
WrongDonkey
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Enjoy!
imissmaplesyrup
Just saw this in another “fact” dump an hour ago. Bot?
thepikachubandit24
Looks like they're arresting it
MyleKeville
So that’s why you can ride on their back in Super Mario 2.
TheBentPianist
Just eating those sky fish to survive yeah?
nevetsx
https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8oecHgqF1qzrzrro1_400.jpg
BloodAndDonuts
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you kind stranger
MrRandom314159
You'll kill yourself finding a better tasting soup.
Gerokeymaster
‘Nother fun fact: Albatrosses are too heavy to fly the way birds normally do, and instead work more like a living version of those weird /1
Gerokeymaster
ultra-lite planes that glide around with no engines.
SendMeOxygen
Lorry was a witch, yeah, a sneaky little bitch
UsuallyARabbit
It could probably fly faster if those dudes let go of its wings!
bigsteve31sk8
I knew one who could do it in 45 days.
killersoda275
First time I saw an albatross I thought somebody had lost an inflatable swimming toy.
speakdog
Albert Ross.
jansenart
That's the name of my Jeep.
tilesmuggler
Big seagull
JinXLeD
https://youtu.be/U9t-slLl30E
smugsmonkey1
Big
Alkuam2
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
AknottheMangalore
And the whale they are my brother.
not4chars
Some people don't think it be like that, but it do.
Gameking116
ProfAwesome1986
Jeah i am pretty sure they dont spent 6 years flying! :D
EnamoredGent
Wilbur from rescuers
6Oh4
I heard the word albatross and this is all I hear...https://youtu.be/Bznxx12Ptl0
FeloniousMonk13
See, what you WANT to hear is this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPicUnsPPg. Thank me later :)
6Oh4
I wish I could but I can't.
WyrmsWorks
That's unfortunate.
Dasneezequeen
Thank you I was trying to figure out why the word was against music in my head.
FlyingGiantElk
Reminder: if an albatross leads you to safety, don’t shoot it. It also makes a terrible necklace.
Feralkyn
Especially in place of a cross.
BobPossum
Me and my friends don’t think it’s all that bad to shoot birds that bring cloudy weather
FeloniousMonk13
Also a cool song by COC
icky78
Well I'm feeling left behind
not4chars
Lord, what a waste of time
HsuDoNihm
Don't bullshit us. They spend up to 5 years "at sea" (not 6) which is hugely different from "without landing".
HsuDoNihm
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/how-the-unflappable-albatross-can-travel-10000-miles-in-a-single-journey-8945618.html
Pontation
So they sleep while coasting?
aleister94
I think I read that some birds can fly while asleep cuz only certain parts of their brain go into rest while the flying parts keep working
WyrmsWorks
Basically, yeah- the halves of their brains take turns flying and sleeping.
jmulderr
10,000 miles is a lot. That's 10x farther than I would walk just to fall down at your door. Doo doo doo...
CaptainFishstick
Baby shark Doo Doo Doo
TJAirborne
Wrong
minibois
You really wouldn't walk those extra miles just to be the man who walks 10000 miles to fall down at my door?
StevieTheAussie
Well it screws with the rhythm of the song then.
Fishworshipper
Eh, I don’t think it does. “Five hun-dred” to “Five thou-sand,” “a thousand” to “ten thousand”. Same syllable count, similar sounds.
whorrorfied
HeroThatWasNeeded
Whatreallygrindsmygears
Whoever downvoted this is a god damned monster
TheDerpySpas
Underrated comment right here!
wadatahmydamie
I feel like it’s appropriately rated, near the top
Themostogenes
Bah ba da bum
Jacobvm
Isn't that just an enlarged seagull?
Cavy
Another fun fact: Females way outnumber males and because of the lack of albacocks as many as 30% of couples are female/female. Go figure...
titaniumsnail
Nature finds a way.
WrongDonkey
The aLb Word.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I suppose it makes no difference to them since albatrosses, like most reptiles*, don't have penises. They simply rub their cloacas together…
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
in order to transfer sperm. It's essentially procreation via scissoring. Meaning two albatross females should get along just fine.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
*Yes, birds are reptiles in phylogenetic taxonomy. They're closer related to crocodilians than the latter are to any other reptilian order.
briham86
I think reptile is paraphyletic and so the term isn’t used in phylogeny. I think synapsid is usually used to replace it.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Synapsids are the basal amniote ancestors of mammals. Reptiles descend from a different early amniote group called sauropsids. But that's...
soylentbeef
If they go so long without landing how/what do they eat?
UnattendedDeviant
Food.
relpmeraggy
Flying fish
not4chars
Good, straight out of the water.
bigsteve31sk8
Protein bars.
soylentbeef
That's probably why they are so jacked
WyrmsWorks
They eat squids that come up to the surface to eat at night, among other sea creatures.
schtomp
Years without coming to dry land, not without landing - they land on the water. That said, they can fly up to 10k miles in one shot.
lookitupyourself
10k miles had me confused for a minute there
boognish115
Unimpressive, and yet impressive.
UnattendedDeviant
How do they sleep?
Feralkyn
On the water
Impignorate
10k miles. It's really weird seeing metric prefixes mixed with imperial units.
potshot
Ten kilomiles.
Jaymezians
And Ai wood fly 5k miles and ai wood fly 5k more! Just ta bee the man hoo flew 10k miles to land at your door!
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
I was tryna figure out what kind of bird it call ai wood, you got me there!
not4chars
Da duh da duh da duh da da dada daduh da da dada daaa
stronomer
Similar to whales. They even *never* land on dry land...
MrBoogerPig
Well some do
stronomer
Yeah, tough luck!
HypnoChanger
They can go a long time without doing so, however. Often, whales only land on dry land towards the end of their lives.
Shewy92
I was wondering how they kept awake for 6 years.
WyrmsWorks
The two hemispheres of a bird's brain are more heavily divided than ours, allowing each to operate relatively independently. This way one
WyrmsWorks
half of a bird's brain sleeps while the other half is at least partially awake, just like a dolphin.
RiverHawk
Same as how most birds sleep while flying. One half brain and one eye at a time.
DavidBrooker
There are some birds known to sleep on the wing. Common swifts can.
AvaMas
So autopilot
DavidBrooker
(some individual tagged swifts have been observed to stay airborne for ten months at a time)
FoxySpirit
And catch food in the air?
DavidBrooker
Yes
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Two African swallows, if they were migratory, could even carry a coconut across the ocean.
nxent
Yes but is it technically ‘landing’ if they plop down in the water?
BillNyeTheNaziSpy
"watering"
sunnydayingermany
"sinking"
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
It's 'Seaing.' Landing is on land. Seaing is on sea.
Shewy92
Do space ships land when they fall into the ocean when reentering?
imissmaplesyrup
I think they’ll find out when they raid Area 51
qtRaven
Splashdown.
Nekomatsuya
I think that's called a controlled crash
MrPotatoFaceJr
Falling with style
pointsForNothing
Nope, it's a simple splash down. A normal maneuver that results in less damage than landing on hard ground.
KnowmSaying
How do they drink?
Trassation
Like a fish.
SprungLake
Kind of like peeing but in reverse
froggathen
With a reverse piss you can’t miss
n8wishim
Salt glands next to their eyes, all seabirds hav'em.
Spoonland
through the beack
DasPumpenStrasse
Red bull
VBorBust
Ah, that would explain the wings
HorriblyPositive
They just put it on their bill.
thechalange
Like a fish.
KnowmSaying
Oh shiet looked it up, the crazy things drink saltwater
TheHawkRules
They’ve got stronger livers.
bovi22
Ty learnt something new today
AbusedPickle
Just cuz humans can't don't mean other animals can't.
PorneliusHubertII
Lol there is more life on the planet IN the salt water than out.
littlebit86
Actually cats are able to drink salt water!
Chadderz
Yeah but the only other thing I can think of that would drink sea water is fish.
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
Sea otters, sealions, manatees, cats, and others.
AIComments
My dog drank sea water, apparently it was special water. Afterwards it came out the other end with full force, would not recommend.
valen00
WyrmsWorks
Most other animals can't, the ability to drink saltwater is a bit of a superpower, especially for tetrapods.
YesYouJustLostTheGameAgain
Cats can too. Their livers filter it out astonishingly enough
CaptainThePirate
I can drink salt water! :D
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
Cats can. Due to their desert origins, cat's kidneys are efficient enough to hydrate themselves with saltwater.
TheVenerableJudgeTaintyMcPoo
Cats can hydrate off sea water too.
KnowmSaying
Really?
smallfrie32
Yeah For a bit, i think. Has to do with kidneys IIRC