62-year-old bird hatches another chick

[Judi Lynn]

62-year-old bird hatches another chick
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 at 6:14 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- One of the world's oldest wild birds, believed to be at least 62 years old, has successfully hatched a chick on Midway Island, scientists said.

A Laysan albatross known as "Wisdom" hatched the chick in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

It was the sixth consecutive year Wisdom and her mate hatched a chick, scientists said.

Wisdom, first banded in 1956 when she was incubating an egg in the same area of the refuge, was at least 5 years old at the time, they said.

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[Dpm12]

1. How can they actually estimate

that the bird is around 62? That's an old fucking bird

[Neoma]

2. It was tagged.

[DollarBillHines]

3. Well, she was sexually mature in 1956

An Albatross matures at 6-7 years.

Do the math.

[DollarBillHines]

4. I read that this bird has logged over 3 million miles since she was tagged

Amazing.

I am the same age as that bird and I have logged just a few more miles than she - in jet airplanes.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Did she

have one or two new babies, or did i just read this twice? omg help me