Had you heard of the Wandering Albatross before? Have you ever seen one in real life? I'm interested to hear! Correction: There is an editing mistake @ 1:36 - the distance to the moon should read 238,855 miles, my apologies.

@user-fl9te5ur2n

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the fun vids

@sfc5239

7 ай бұрын

Never heard it before watching your video. Informative and fun as always. Thank you, Arran

@MissyChelle

7 ай бұрын

@Thoughty2 Thank you again for your wild, funny sense of humor. I totally appreciate all the hard work you do.❤

@y_fam_goeglyd

7 ай бұрын

Major David Attenborough fan here. Watch the Life of Birds. He gets to sit next to a known grandma albatross! Btw, I think they're only in the Antarctic region, not the Arctic (edit: I think I heard you say that before you showed the graphic), but I do stand to be corrected.

@Totalchatter

7 ай бұрын

The wild is truly amazing. There's so many people that just doesn't care anymore an some (such as myself) that doesn't have the money to do anything but I do have land an i let some overgrowth happen for the birds, butterflies other nature breed an grow..for the last few years the blue jay have started popping up again an praying mantis ..for 20 yrs we barely seen any around this area

It doesn't matter what topic you choose to address. Be it science, biology or history, your videos are always top quality. I feel a sense of joy each time I see a new video uploaded by thoughty2. Makes my day instantly better.

@Akuroxradio

7 ай бұрын

Yup I agree 100%

@ModernGentleman

7 ай бұрын

42

@00LXS00

7 ай бұрын

Word

@richardsherburn4816

7 ай бұрын

Agreed 😀

@lapointdaniel

6 ай бұрын

Well said!

There's an albatross breeding colony not a mile from my house, in Dunedin, New Zealand, and I often see them flying over my home. They're truly amazing, and bloody huge. They go down to the Antarctic during summer to feed and then come back here to breed, with babies so ugly they're cute. They're magnificent creatures.

@King_fisho_nz

6 ай бұрын

Its fuckin scary when your fishing and a damn living plane lands trying to steal some fish 😂

@MR_stone69

6 ай бұрын

​@@King_fisho_nzplanes 💀

"They remind us, no matter how difficult life may seem, and no matter how impossile the challenges that lay in our paths - we can always take a moment and awe at the delicate dance of a beautiful bird as it soars across the ocean, proving that limits are made to be broken." That was so beautiful. And yes, the Albatross is, too!

I've been lucky enough to see wandering albatrosses as well as very rare Tristan albatrosses during my transoceanic trip from Argentina to South Africa 4 years ago. The Falklands and the Tristan da Cunha arcipelago are great spots for sightings, and seeing those majestic creatures flying through the sunset in the middle of the ocean is something magical. To me it was a quasi-mystical experience, something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

@user-rn9ys1td7c

7 ай бұрын

Im super jealous!!! Im still a teen, so i hope i can see one before they die out. Cheris that memory for ever. Im happy you saw one

@roccobot

7 ай бұрын

@@user-rn9ys1td7c thanks, I'll do! I might also have some decent pictures somewhere, to help my memory a little bit 🥹

@pedroroque829

7 ай бұрын

23 and I feel like the clock is ticking, I must see one of those in the wild before it's too late.

@roccobot

7 ай бұрын

@@pedroroque829 not sure if you mean your clock or world's clock, but I went there when I was 38 🥸

@pedroroque829

7 ай бұрын

@@roccobot Yeah I don't know why I said that, I'm too pessimistic sometimes😂

I was standing on the waterfront in Port Fairy in Western Victoria Aus. In front of me were 3 birds. A seagull, an Ocean gull and an Albatross. The size difference in these 3 birds is astounding. I’m sure I will never see anything like this again but was so amazing. The one thing that got me- other than the size- was the goofy face the Albatross had! Right up there with the Kookaburra. Since moving to Aus I have become way more attuned to birds and their personalities!

On the Otago Peninsula of the South Island of New Zealand is a albatross breeding colony (one of the very few you can just drive up to). I was lucky to watch some young albatrosses learning to fly. It’s not until you see them in action you realise how perfectly they have evolved for the air. The seagulls look like toddlers learning to walk when seen side by side with an albatross navigating the air like a ballet dancer on stage. Thank you for the video. If you are ever in New Zealand, come see our albatrosses.

10 years of unique, well-narrated, beautifully edited videos with thought provoking and simple concepts, and you were doing that in a 1080p void? Someone get this man a studio apartment damn.

The bird is the word

@garyobrien34

7 ай бұрын

Bird

@cathiwalker3852

7 ай бұрын

Mark Fidrich was The Bird! Great Detroit Tigers pitcher. Poor guy died when a truck he was working on fell on him.

@GIBBO4182

7 ай бұрын

Haven’t you heard? Heard what? NOOO!

@yahwehisdead

7 ай бұрын

"The bird is equal to or greater than the word." Haha funny stuff, but I like the song too. It's very relevant to me in a weird way.

@ModernGentleman

7 ай бұрын

I was under the impression that everyone had heard...

Thoughty2 always churning out high quality content!

Content is always insanely good, there’s never a video where I don’t learn something new! Thank you for keeping this going for so many years!!!! 😁❤️

I knew that the wandering albatross was the largest flying bird, but I didn’t know it could stay in the air so long without spending any significant amount of energy. That’s quite impressive

That bird is one of those things that is so beautiful it gives you chills hearing about it and seeing it in its natural state !!! Wow!!!

@ladymacbethofmtensk896

6 ай бұрын

It is hard to imagine the agony one would go through shooting one of these things at sea. Let's just say that it makes prison appear much kinder.

I have been a Birder/photographer for over 10 years and this kind of content always intrigues me. You are a wonderful storyteller and I look forward to each new episode you share, no matter what the topic.

Bravo! You made me feel so connected to this bird. I found myself looking at it, thinking, what a beautiful animal it is.

@ZombiePanda1776

7 ай бұрын

After I learned they mated for life, I got super sad when he talked about how they are dying from our pollution

I am so grateful to Thoughty because I love how he supports Planet Wild and tells us about them so now I can can support them to. Thank you Thoughty for telling us about Plant Wild.

Heard about albatross, but never so detailed. Really amazing bird! Thank you for great video!

@jackelewish1568

6 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the Pink Floyd song where he says that the albatross hangs motionless upon the open air. Or something like that I forgot the songs name but I can still replay it in my head.

To my understanding, the expression "albatross around the neck" comes from the poem, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

@jackson_68

7 ай бұрын

Yes...an albatross was following/pacing a ship and was considered a good omen. A sailor (the Ancient Mariner) killed the albatross for some reason, and their luck turned bad. The other sailors took the killer's cross and hung the dead albatross around his neck instead. That is what I remember from high school 40+ years ago. I should probably go back and read that again.

I think this is my most favorite video of yours yet! Birds are such perfect creatures. It was really interesting to compare the miles humans travel to the incredible albatross.

Now I want to see this bird in real life more than an professional birdwatching elderly couple. I didn’t even know this marvelous beast existed until today.

@luckrule2474

7 ай бұрын

Theres one currently being kept at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, as of late last year when I went anyway.. I can tell you that footage and pictures of them hardly do them justice.

@Hollylivengood

7 ай бұрын

Surely you've read about them, haven't you? Or seen pictures?

@Skatergv

7 ай бұрын

@@Hollylivengood i suppose I must have heard the name albatross but never put much thought into it.

@roxannlegg750

7 ай бұрын

@@Skatergv I am sure you know a crap ton about stuff others dont!! Im impressed you said that, as most people wouldnt want others to know what they dont know. You dont know something until you know it. Im in my 50's and as kids our TV shows were more educational than theyve ever been since TBH, and David Attenboroughs documentaries were on TV all the time. But thats what channels llike this are for, education. IMHO, not enough documentaries are as available as I would like.

@Skatergv

7 ай бұрын

@@roxannlegg750 you learn something new everyday right

Now I understand why golfers hold these guys in such high regard.

@CharlesBrown-xq5ug

7 ай бұрын

I simply dont understand, Why would golfers hold these birds in high regard.?

@ctrs404

7 ай бұрын

What?

@enterpassword3313

7 ай бұрын

​@@CharlesBrown-xq5ugbirdie... eagle... and the elusive albatros

@enterpassword3313

7 ай бұрын

​@@CharlesBrown-xq5ugthey are golf terms fyi if you still dont get it lol

@ElderGod4

7 ай бұрын

@@CharlesBrown-xq5ughow do you not understand? It’s obvious

Put your legs up, get your favorite drink, and enjoy another thoughty2 banger🥃

I absolutely loved learning more about this unique bird. The folklore, romance, nature's precision... amazing! Thank you for bringing such interesting topics. ♡

I've watched far too much Monty Python. The first thing that pops into my head when I hear the word albatross is John Cleese shouting "Albatross!" This is a phenomenal bird and I'm very happy to learn more about it. As always, an excellent video!

@bobl.1044

7 ай бұрын

Yes, Thoughty Two forgot to mention their flavour! I guess we'll have to settle with seabird flavour...

@stevesherman1743

6 ай бұрын

“Bloody sea bird !”

@salam-peace5519

6 ай бұрын

When I read the word albatross I thought of that "I'm an Albatraoz" song.

I saw a Wandering Albatross once a few years ago. I was walking around my neighborhood talking pictures of birds for a school project and just barely caught it on camera. The photo was blurry, but could still be identified.

first?... "hey 42 here"... never gets old

@GIBBO4182

7 ай бұрын

“It’s not 42” incoming…

The integrity and truth about how much this really meant shone through. I can think of almost no more noble a cause than working to preserve another living creatures existence . You guys are doing something that comes from the best parts of us. Thanks. You are the Coolest!!

What a lovely video episode on a wonderful bird.. superb narration script, with savvy and apt video effects/animations/clips and mesmerizing audio calls of the birds.. I really enjoyed this to the core.. Thanks Thoughty2 here

Sailing across the Pacific on a cargo ship sometimes an Albatross would come down to spend a few days just a few feet from the bridge, taking advantage of the updraft. It never got close enough to touch it. Great stuff!!

All your videos are super fun, entertaining & educational in some way, and I love them all -- But This video was Absolutely Beautiful! I have a big heart for wildlife and especially love birds of all kinds. And, of course, I learned so much about this bird, the lovely Wandering Albatross, that I never knew before. Mad Respect for this remarkable sea bird!! Thank-you for always providing exceptional content, Arran -- Fantastic job!❤

Used to love watching albatross whilst sailing offshore (Biscay and Atlantic) - they are incredible to watch and seem completely unfazed by storms. Amazing birds

What a great video, learned a ton as always! You are by far one the best education personalities on KZread Sir! Had never heard of Planet Wild, but headed over there now to show our support for what they are trying to do!

A stork brought me to my parents, from a land far ,far away😁

@lokiopensloloc5680

7 ай бұрын

After executing its own babies no doubt.

It has been a great 10 years Arran! Thanks for all the information and interesting topics!

Considering how large eagles get, I could only imagine just how large the largest bird would be. Some of the larger eagles are so large that one person can't reach from wingtip to wingtip.

I'M DA BIGGEST BIRD

Did you know albatross's are to heavy to take flight in the standard way so they jump off cliffs and dive until the create lift and it is similar on water they use the waves to gain height and speed to take off. I learned this at a bird sanctuary when I was a kid also they had a taxidermist albatross and they are truly huge for a bird about 3 times the size of a baby from memory

@cathiwalker3852

7 ай бұрын

Loon also cannot take off from land. Water only. And they are the only bird that doesn't have hollow bones.

@DanceBeforeTheStorm_

7 ай бұрын

So how do they take off from water? 🤔

@trevdagg

7 ай бұрын

@DanceBeforeTheStorm_ they essentially surf the wave to gain speed and a some height then flap their wings or at least that's what I was told

The expression “albatross around your neck” comes from the 1798 epic poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” In the poem the man kills an albatross and they are immediately set on by bad luck, so his fellow sailors force him to wear it around his neck.

I’ve seen Wandering Albatross in the Tasman Sea in maybe 4-5 metre seas. They could disappear behind swells and reappear over the crests. They would occasionally touch the water with a wingtip. Maybe it was just one bird on a couple of occasions, I don’t know, but it was absolutely amazing to see!

This is an absolute beauty of a video. I love this channel so much.

IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I just realized that the best part of Thoughty2's videos is learning about something I never knew I wanted or needed to know about! Good work, dude!

I look forward to every topic you decide to discuss with us Thoughty2. Thank you for you insights🤘

I haven’t seen a thoughty2 video in a while. I’m excited

Well guys, now we finally know who's the biggest bird

This is very inspiring! I've always been awed by birds and learning about the Wandering Albatross completed my night. Thank you Thoughty2!

Beautifully done. Thank you for educating me about this amazing creature!

I think you should make another channel that is filled with similar awesome and random information, delivered in the same way, but make it without swears so parents and educators can use them to show their kids. Your content could reach a whole new audience, Call it, ExtraThoughty2, and maybe even just release the same videos on there with no swears or anything like that.

@Vastafari34

7 ай бұрын

Posting the same videos with swears edited out would be easy for you and certainly reach younger audiences since your deliver style is VERY entertaining. You could be a common name across so many schools and families.

@codysearchfield8258

7 ай бұрын

What swears? When he said “bollocks”?

@enterpassword3313

7 ай бұрын

​@@Vastafari34or you could just not be such a prude

@quasarulas3968

7 ай бұрын

@@codysearchfield8258do catch home dropping a few f bombs 💣 it’s just very casual so goes without notice

Don't you find it fascinating that humans seem out of place in this planet. We are the only ones who need to change the environment drastically in order to survive, we are very fragile at birth, we cannot thrive in this planet without changing stuff but animals have evolved to adapt to dangerous situations and live quite well in this planet

@mulengachimbola87

7 ай бұрын

We are parasitic! Very much! Smith (the matrix) described us very well

@risaalshaan

7 ай бұрын

All animals are fragile at birth?

@michaelhowell2326

7 ай бұрын

No mammals are born able to immediately take care of themselves. We do almost the exact same as greater apes do, just at a higher level. Beavers change their environment too. Pale skin is an adaptation for better Vitamin D making in less light conditions while dark skin helps protect against UV rays.

@icosthop9998

7 ай бұрын

You go ahead and humble yourself. Feel Free 👍 I thank *"**#Almighty_God**"* I'm on top of the food chain. 👏👏👏

@noluckasmr

7 ай бұрын

@@risaalshaandeers start walking like immediately, turtles are alone from birth, you are completely physically useless until about 6-7, I don’t really think those are the same

Thank you for the knowledge shared today, you are the best

Always an amazing way to start my Day. Thank you again for the quality content ✨️

I heard that birds don't confuse plastic for food rather they use it like they use small pebbles and put it in their gizzard to help their digestion. I really doubt that they wouldn't know what food is and what is not.

@EW-ed6kd

7 ай бұрын

They do mistake it for food! It’s less what it looks like and more the scent. My university did a study on plastic consumption in seabirds. Plastic waste emits a scent like fish to them, so they eat it.

@fuselpeter5393

7 ай бұрын

@@EW-ed6kd Ok, I never heard of that. What university are you speaking of?

@OnlyTwoShoes

6 ай бұрын

@@EW-ed6kd No, it's used to aid digestion. Birds use inedible items like this all the time. They can't survive without something to grind down the food in the gizzard. If it's not stones or shells, then it's plastic. Whatever they can find that suits the purpose.

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HEARD (DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HEARD) BUT I'M DA BIGGEST BIRD, I'M DA BIGGEST BIRD 🦅🦅

always enjoy your videos, they are entertaining and educational. they don't usually make me laugh out loud but you got me twice during this one.

Your videos and editing is a template for my learning. Top-notch stuff 🙏🏾

Birds aren’t real

@firstname-gq5yr

7 ай бұрын

This

@jackzerr2548

7 ай бұрын

Moron, daddy should have pulled out.

@jackzerr2548

7 ай бұрын

You're personality & love life aren't real lmao

Thank you for another high-quality video, Albatrosses are fascinating. You can educate on a topic in a few minutes, what takes almost an hour in class.

I worked for the NZ Department of Conservation and monitored nesting Royal Albatross at Taiaroa Head in the 1990's. I've also worked with Godwits at Pārengarenga. Didn't pay much but was an amazing experience!

Before I finished the video I started spreading the word of the bird. Thanks for the video! I love most of your videos but rarely thank you. Doing a bang up job! Keep on keeping on!

I was a commercial fisher for 30 years, have seen many of these beautiful birds. They surf swells, and when in savage weather and we lay too, go onto a parachute, these birds come and stay with us for days, often coming to look and be only yards from us, go up to the bow, and one will come in to look, flying so close you think they will hit us, but no, she will ever so gracefully turn, huge wings not moving, her eye firmly looking at me. All I can do is wave and smile, they know. I love them near, but when its time to go, they do as you spoke of, up and down, coming over the swells wth their wing tips leaving little wind trails on the water, up and down up and down, a most stunning sight, one last fly by, and up they go, come done and surf the swell, and are gone. A sadness comes, but a gladness overpowers that feeling, as for a few days, this must majestic bird, chose to spend some time around us, and we were able to gaze upon such beauty.

Forty-two is easily my favorite KZreadr.

"this bird does something no other bird can" it can survive a stone

Great video as always. I was watching Netflix with my wife the other night, and she put on The Watcher. I realised I knew the story, I'd seen it in a Thoughty2 video. We went to the cinema and watched Killers of the Flower Moon, saw a trailer for One Life, and realised I knew the story from a Thoughty2 video... I'm not sure that I'm ever going to be able to watch a true story movie or series again and not know what's going to happen 😂

Really nice video. Ive been a birder for almost 5 years. This is one bird that ive wanted to see for a while. They look so majestic. I must point out that i think a clip of a Gannet was placed in a spot where an albatross clip should have been at 1:57

Albatross Having around the neck -bad Seeing in the sky -majestically sublime Getting one on the links -bloody miraculous

Used to work as a commercial fisherman of the north west coast of Australia. We would often get one ir two Albatross that would stay with us for as long as we were at sea. They would just sit behind us picking up bit's and peices of bait etc. They/it would usually arrive at first light, sit behind the boat all day and leave at last light only to return the next morning. I started to take note of our catch when they were around and when they weren't. After about twelve months my obsivations showed that our catch was generally really good when the albatross were there and bad when they weren't. Make of it what you will, it always felt better when there was an Albatross hanging around.

That was both hilarious and highly informative! Also we need more of Thoughty with open shirts.

When I saw the word bird on the title I immediately clicked. Because I wanted to raise awareness about a very certain avian variety. Although it is widespread knowledge, I believe there are still people in need of this education. There it comes: A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, b-birdd's the word A-well, a bird, bird, bird, bird is the word ...

Once again Thoughty2 has been able to make a random topic, that on the face of it seems a bit meh, into a fascinating episode that I was glad I watched. Random facts, a narrative style that makes you giggle, being surprised at random facts, interesting context and engaging style, all make me glad for his work. Thankyou

"People , mostly hippies...." I love your sense of humour and presentation and i tried to use it when creating a presentation for my project and my team and i got the best marks and i think its because of your style of presentation. So thank you

Tairoa Head , Otago Peninsular , New Zealand , has a fenced off sanctuary for them , and possibly an internet camera or two . It may even be breeding season .

11:40 , my man I wanted to snooze and sleep, I wasn’t ready to feel/see this. Sad indeed. But your videos are getting better and better mr 0.42 !! Have a good one

Thanks for putting this magnificent animal in the spotlight.

Another remarkable feat is their ability to wind surf the front edge of waves....riding it for miles, almost touching the water and never beating their wings once. Remarkable adaptation.

I live in Dunedin NZ which has the worlds only mainland breeding colony. Wonderful birds

“I now belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the albatross” Robert Cusham Murphy October 1912 This quote is underneath the albatross in one of the museum buildings of the South Georgia Heritage Trust at Grytviken, South Georgia

Albatross is now my favorite creature, I wish I could have as much freedom as these majestic creatures.

Such a beautiful episode! Thank you!

Love your work man , keep it up 👍

I had an albatross follow my sailboat for a brief period of time once. I'd known about them but didn't recognize it for what it was, but my fiancée who teaches biology and conservation was always into ornithology and she recognized it right away and got really excited that we were being tailed.

10:37 Albatros hearing the most horrific mass crime imaginable: "oh someone is feeling frisky"

I'm familiar with the Wandering Albatross, but still always enjoy hearing Thoughty2 tell about it.

From the point that the narrator said "that's bigger than my car" I lost track of everything that was said and was just left thinking "A 3 metre long car!!! 😱😱😱 that's tiny!!! 3 metres!!!! Wow!!!! Tiny!!!!".

This got me teary, Mother Nature is beautiful. Great vid thanks

Excellent video! I hope l am not the only one who heard John Cleese in my mind yelling, "Albatross! Albatross!" at the Hollywood Bowl.

I never thought I would wish I was a bird by watching a thirteen minute video.

I love this episode ❤. Thank you for all you do

Fascinating! Could listen to you for hours.

That whole 'salt from my nostrils' part made me laugh out loud for several minutes. Fanks for that.

Ok, I’ve not personally seen wandering albatross but plenty of their smaller cousins when I lived near the southernmost point of the Australian mainland. However, way back in 1991 when I was doing a day trek to some alpine lakes in the Annapurnas and at a moderately high altitude of 5600 metres I was standing on the edge of a 1000 metre deep valley when a couple of Lammergeiers flew right past me on a thermal. They don’t have quite the wingspan of a wandering albatross but they are a truly huge bird. It’s hard to describe how I felt at that moment. There was a moment of stillness and it seemed like the wind stopped and all I could hear was my heartbeat while these two massive birds swivelled their heads to eyeball me as they flew past only 10 or 15 metres away. I’ll never forget it…

Mate. You gotta be the new David Attenborough Your enthusiasm about the subject is infectious. Thanks so much for making and sharing your videos. All the best mate 👍

I love this chanel , my son introduced me to visit a few years back n I've been watching ever since x

awesome, dude, my favorite video of yours yet!

Arran I've always been a big fan (and subscriber) and this is one of your best video. Educational and touching.

yet another great vid.. this is why ur channel is one of my most fav🤍🤍🤍very entertaining and insightful..looking forward to more vids..🤗🤗

Some of the fastest r/c airplanes are actually unpowered gliders utilizing Dynamic Soaring. I believe the current record is 564MPH! That’s over 900KPH! They are absolutely amazing and simultaneously terrifying

I really look forward to seeing your videos. And the humour your but in the video love it. Please don't stop.

Thank you so much for this fascinating look into this amazing bird!

Another great story told well. I am grateful. While I have long known much of what you said, I was again impressed with your research and story telling. I need to learn how to tell a story as well as you do. I have more than a dozen stories to tell.

The pteranodons huge sizes suggest that the atmosphere may have been thicker then and perhaps most of the land together caused huge winds which those dinosaur birds used to mostly glide.