I'm glad I'm on this earth during the same timeline as the albatross - stunning creatures.

They have such sweet eyes. And their sky calls are beautiful

@harune6594

8 ай бұрын

word!

'And soon, they get down to business." And then it shows them both sit next to each other in the grass, and look out at the ocean. lol

What magnificent creatures they are. Thanks for capturing these images of something we'd never see otherwise.

I feel compelled to share this - my brother was an ocean-going yachtmaster, and sailed around the world for a number of years. I always missed him 'till my heart burst with the loneliness of missing him. Then one day he was in a deep sea diving accident, and was literally blown to pieces - there was nothing left. He loved the ocean, and she finally claimed him. 🌊🌊🌊 There is an instrumental by Fleetwood Mac called Albatross. Every time I hear that music I'm transported back to that moment. Love is unconditional and infinite but still, love your dearest ones while you can. ❤ Rest in peace, my dear, darling brother. 🕊️🙏🤍🙏🕊️

@MagdaleneDivine

Жыл бұрын

Liar

@neomis0119

Жыл бұрын

@@MagdaleneDivine care to elaborate?

@streetracer2321

Жыл бұрын

Condolences

@catherinebreitfeller669

10 ай бұрын

So sorry 😢. Such a sweet & loving tribute. ❤

@ziggystardust3060

10 ай бұрын

@@catherinebreitfeller669 thank you Catherine. Bless you! ❤️

They live up to 45 Years, nice.

@tracy9610

Жыл бұрын

Even longer. There was one called Grandma who lived to be over 60.

@district_13

Жыл бұрын

@@tracy9610 Uh nice 🤗

@laurentsaurel1751

10 ай бұрын

Nice

@timhoward5

10 ай бұрын

*Lol, I heard that and read your comment at the same time.*

@birdlover7690

4 ай бұрын

Am amazing long life

Talk about living on the wind, they are amazing creatures, flying for a year.

@taniac1860

Жыл бұрын

Actually they don’t touch land for the first three to four years of life before they return to begin looking for a mate. However they don’t generally begin breeding until they are around six years of age 😊

@tanianaldrett8637

9 ай бұрын

They don’t fly for a year, they have to land on water to feed and rest, they only go onto land to find their mate and breed, the rest of their lives are at sea but landing on it often.

@yogsenforfoth5948

6 ай бұрын

They don’t fly for 2 years straight. They land in the ocean regularly.

I have been watching the live cam hosted by the New Zealand Dept. of Conservation at Taiaroa Head. I have watched these Albatrosses raise their chick and he is just about ready to take to the skies himself. It will be a sad day when he fledges. The Rangers take very good care of the Albatross making sure they are getting enough food and weighing them all the time.

For the past 2 Nesting Seasons, I've watched Royal Cam Albatross in New Zealand on the Tiora Head and have learned a lot about Albies. It amazes me that they have 10 foot wingspans, no wonder they can fly over a year without touching ground! But to be a solitary birdie must be a lonely life at times for them. Thank You Smithsonian Channel for sharing!

@KeithMiller-fu4qk

6 ай бұрын

A city of saint Louis

They’re incredibly beautiful ♥️🥳

Am watching the wing exercising and walking about...what a wing span!

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

@HaleyGrogan

2 ай бұрын

frfr

I wanted to ask how would they sleep if they spend months on the ocean, then I look it up and found out they spend many years at sea and sleep on the ocean rather than on land. Albatross land and sleep on the ocean for several hours at a time. What a bird!

What an amazing bird ❤

I never knew what an Albatross was or looked like, until a person I follow ( Lady Hawk) mentioned Royal Albatrosses of New Zealand, Stunningly beautiful birds, with soulful skycalls, very long wingspans and great gardening skills 😉😉2 seasons in now and it feels bittersweet..The chicks just left and time for mates to return & renew their bond..TY Smithsonian Channel❤

Beautiful to watch❤

Amazing animal!

@henryb4701

Жыл бұрын

Amazing Bird!

FINALLLY! THE BIRD HAS COME BACK TO THE ISLAND! And he is here to finally take that belt of stone cold!

Magnificent!!!

absolutely incredible.

Amazing bird 👏👏👏👏👏

Beautiful. Thank you. Blessings on these precious gifts. Wonderful. 💛

I was on the Hudson river, I looked around and one was gliding very close to me. I almost panicked because it was so darn large. I explained it to my friend. He told me it was an albatross

Amazing Video...👌👍

How does it sleep?

Inconceivable 😊😊

@tanianaldrett8637

9 ай бұрын

Because it’s wrong, they land and feed on the sea.

Linda maravilhosa natureza

Wow!! 😮

WOW.

Beautifil

Mahalo🌺Beautiful😍🙏♥️

Oh taywitch ❤ again 13

@charlotte-ns1vr

3 ай бұрын

yes exactly what i was about to commenttt shes a masterminddddd

@HaleyGrogan

2 ай бұрын

@@charlotte-ns1vrSAME

WOW ...

Suddenly I feel less lonely

Empty beak clapping is something humans do to in courtship.

how do they eat while flying for 13 months straight?

Came here looking for the albratross…. Oh Taylor swift cant wait

❤

wow

„Fly for 13 Months“ how does it eat and hunt during that time?

Pengetahuan yang sangat berguna bagi kehidupan manusia👍

*3:56** What type of business specifically?*

How do they sleep if they fly for a year?

@jurassicparkboom2426

Жыл бұрын

Landed on the sea and took a nap I guess? ( didn't land on solid land)

@andy70d35

Жыл бұрын

@@jurassicparkboom2426 Correct

@johnrobb9408

Жыл бұрын

Gain altitude and glide. 10 foot wingspan.

@laurentsaurel1751

10 ай бұрын

I’ve seen bird spread their wings in the sky.maybe they sleeping . So it’s possible

@timhoward5

10 ай бұрын

They sleep while they fly.

How do these birds eat? If they are flying for 13 months straight?

A God-given gift to humanity for us to enjoy.

Thirteen months on the wing? WHEN do they sleep? Do they manage without?

👍👍👍

I know you guys want clicks, but c'mon .. you're THE SMITHSONIAN .. have some self-respect. These birds do _NOT_ fly for 13 months straight.

@taniac1860

Жыл бұрын

No they didn’t, they land on water to rest, but don’t touch land for at least a year. In the case of juveniles they won’t touch solid land for three to four years.

@tanianaldrett8637

9 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@ralphm4132

9 ай бұрын

"At sea" would, I think, have been better phrasing. It also might have been nice to mention a stat like "of which they spend x months on the wing, in flight for up to x hours at a time". Oh well. At least we got to watch some genuinely lovely film.

Great birds and good video. But I believe the title is misleading. As far as I know, they do land in the water and don't fly for that entire 13 months. This is contrary to the common swift that actually eats/sleeps/breeds on the wing for up to 10 (confirmed) months at a time [not landing on ground or water]. Please let me know if I'm incorrect, but again, I believe "fly for 13 straight months" is not correct.

Think about the prehistoric birds and flying reptiles, mammals and bugs, clogging the sky like the shallows to the depths of the ocean, seeing bigger and bigger creatures flying through the air

How do you know?

The title is misleading.

@tanianaldrett8637

9 ай бұрын

The title is plain wrong.

landing after 13 months flying should be painful one

Where does the famous saying come from?

Cute birds cute my depression

Music title?

i just wonder how they sleep of perhaps rest…?

@user-io4sr7vg1v

4 ай бұрын

The guy is a liar.

@ksenap7233

Ай бұрын

Birds don't sleep like people. Sleep is needed by the brain to arrange the information collected during the day in order to create new synapses. The more primitive the species, the less information it collects because it only needs instincts to survive. Unihemispheric sleep is a phase of deep sleep in which there are dreams, but it allows the birds to be awake in order to monitor the possible arrival of predators. Some birds even have one eye open while sleeping. So the birds can take a nap in flight without any problems. Sharks do not sleep at all because at the top of the food chain and in an unchanging environment, the brain does not need to progress.

@user-io4sr7vg1v

Ай бұрын

@@ksenap7233 You had me until the last sentence. I would think all sharks did was sleep because they have nothing to worry about.

What do you mean by “Get down to business”?

@colecolettecole

Жыл бұрын

mate

Do they sleep while flying ?

@user-ry2mj4ul4y

6 ай бұрын

I believe their brain sleep half one at a time.

How do they stay alive without eating and sleeping while flying constantly for a whole year? Is there something I misunderstand?

@techshabby0001

3 күн бұрын

I think what he's saying is they don't touch dirt except for breeding? I think they left out some sections. There is another video saying they eat, rest and sleep on the ocean.

Duck can fly

NZ’s last PM can do it for 14 months

@ralphm4132

9 ай бұрын

John Key kept us all asleep for a decade while he ran his scam and lies and ruined NZ then vanished overnight. Literally the only mention of that treasonous little snake i have heard since he fled was that he had bought a house on the Sydney waterfront for 10M and immediately relisted it for 11M the next day. Wow thanks Johnny, you disgusting sociopath, I bet the Aussies are pleased to have you there ruining their housing affordability too with your profiteering...

What they eat and drink if they are flying for 13 months continuously

@khafvaal4415

Жыл бұрын

they can pick fish from sea without actaully landing and urinate while fying also maybe their structure sports having their wings spread open without using its muscles,and if it doesnt require a effort it can just go with the wind while sleeping,and also they may require a lot less sleep like some sharks do.

@THE-X-Force

Жыл бұрын

@@khafvaal4415 In other words, you don't know, and this title is nonsense clickbait.

@diane8667

Жыл бұрын

They are beautiful

@andy70d35

Жыл бұрын

@@khafvaal4415 Total rubbish, they land on the sea and sleep and feed in the sea

@taniac1860

Жыл бұрын

They eat fish and squid, and they drink sea water each time they eat. Their nostril’s literally desalinate the water they take in.

❤❤❤❤❤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤

How do you know it doesnt land on an island, you don't. Spare me.

Great bird, horribly intrusive music. I tuned out.

So I'm supposed to believe they never landed on water and never ate for 13 months? Well I don't believe that.

@mojatt

Жыл бұрын

Listen to the first part of the video, says “solid” ground.

@boson2916

Жыл бұрын

Sleep too

@officialspaceefrain

Жыл бұрын

@@boson2916 they sleep while flying. They get micro-naps in the air.

@boson2916

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's cool

@karenkernell9405

Жыл бұрын

They eat fish. In the ocean. They are at sea most of their lives, only landing on the ground for breeding season.

13 straight months without eating and drinking water?

10 feet? Please use metrix system just like 90% of the world. Thanks! :)

@THE-X-Force

Жыл бұрын

90% of their viewers are in the USA, as is the Smithsonian.

@Nyx773

Жыл бұрын

Please spell it as *metric, just like 99.99% of the world. 🇺🇸

@JohnnyAngel8

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nyx773LOL!😂

@tracy9610

Жыл бұрын

@@Nyx773 😂hahaha😂

FATHER GOD CREATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE!! THANK YOU JESUS CHRIST THAT ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH YOU TO SEE. AND ITS ALL BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THY CREATURES LARGE AND SMALL. YOU CREATED ALL THINGS OUT OF LOVE AND I FEEL THY LOVE YOU HOLY ONE HAVE FOR ME AS WELL AND I SEE ALL THE BEAUTY (YOU FATHER GOD) IN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE CREATED. THANK YOU GOOD GOOD FATHER GOD!! I LOVE YOU HOLY TRINITY 💖🙏🏼😔

13 months no food water?

It’s funny how ppl believe whatever they’re told 😂 the bird catches prey in the ocean and does land on water from time to time and that gives its body a break otherwise if it flew for a year without eating it wouldn’t be possible 😂😂😂 it also uses wind to fly thousands of miles which is cool .

OK...people use your brains. They go for a long time without touching land, but they STILL LAND IN THE WATER TO EAT... FFS they don't fly 100% of the time for a solid year. That's just ridiculous.

@boli4203

6 ай бұрын

Just going by what Smithsonian told us...