A Royal Albatross Can Fly for 13 Straight Months 👑 Into the Wild New Zealand | Smithsonian Channel

[@tinterlight-iz5tl]

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

[@flyfreeqhrt5484]

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

[@harune6594]

word!

[@-108-]

'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

[@ray.shoesmith]

just missing the cigarette

[@ziggystardust3060]

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]

Liar

[@neomis0119]

@@MagdaleneDivine care to elaborate?

[@streetracer2321]

Condolences

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

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

[@ziggystardust3060]

@@catherinebreitfeller669 thank you Catherine. Bless you! ❤️

[@jeffreysokal7264]

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

[@johnshields6852]

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

[@taniac1860]

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]

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.

[@YogsenForfoth]

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

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

Absolutely beautiful animals. I'm so glad they are protected.

[@ninettaflores7515]

I am too

[@janajamer734]

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]

A city of saint Louis

[@MomofaNosyManx]

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.

[@district_13]

They live up to 45 Years, nice.

[@tracy9610]

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

[@district_13]

@@tracy9610 Uh nice 🤗

[@laurentsaurel1751]

Nice

[@timhoward5]

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

[@birdlover7690]

Am amazing long life

[@marcustraore545]

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!

[@TheMagicofRoberto]

Wow, such a fascinating bird. This world has so many amazing wonders

[@naturelover4214]

I love Albatross. ❤ Incredibly beautiful creatures. They know all about loyalty to one mate.

[@HelloWorld-go9st]

Love it. We all live in our home earth.

[@the_ktb]

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

[@kesharisuthar3268]

Nonstop flying capabilities of albatrosses are absolutely amazing, awesome, appreciable and astounding. 😮😮❤❤

[@Werm44]

As a kid I'd always think I was so lucky to be born as a human, then I discovered these perfect creatures. Doesn't get much better than this.

[@LaurenLady]

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

[@HaleyGrogan]

frfr

[@janmarieharmony2788]

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❤

[@lienmai1277]

Magnificent!!!

[@annwilliams1073]

Beautiful to watch❤

[@no7177]

What an amazing bird ❤

[@jurassicparkboom2426]

Amazing animal!

[@henryb4701]

Amazing Bird!

[@judithc59]

absolutely incredible.

[@FourthWayRanch]

No one has ever followed an albatross so long. I think they rest often when water is calm, flying continuously to only get past rough seas

[@ninettaflores7515]

I am so glad his partner returned to him

[@user-cg1ez1ot2b]

Грациозная красивая птица.За полетом можно наблюдать без времени..... спасибо.

[@patriciamay2690]

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

[@lt4128]

Amazing bird 👏👏👏👏👏

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Empty beak clapping is something humans do to in courtship.

[@christinatodd3912]

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

[@drcunda1]

You are given wings. Why do you prefer to crawl through life? 💚 RUMI

[@THE-X-Force]

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]

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]

Exactly.

[@ralphm4132]

"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.

[@as123ferrdi8]

Suddenly I feel less lonely

[@hrich245]

Talk about beauty and loyalty combined ❤

[@meetvirginia7023]

They’re incredibly beautiful ♥️🥳

[@richmorasjnr4200]

This beauty and might cannot be made through bigbang and evolution. There is a master architect/designer of this beautiful bird. God made is so beautifully.

[@raycorrea271]

How does it sleep?

[@T3t4nu5]

"He was born here" I doubt that part

[@BlackFemaleAnd50]

Amen. I just made the same comment!

[@Larry26-f1w]

Two of these birds flew into my neighborhood and struck two adjacent triple deckers , both caught fire and later collapsed in seconds . Of the twenty people in those houses only two bodies were recovered from the debris, the remaining 18 disappeared. NIST is looking into this after FEMA couldn’t figure what happened . The Navy Seals are rumored to be on the hunt for the birds flight instructor

[@inderkumarwarikoo1889]

Amazing Video...👌👍

[@gregvandell]

This is factually inaccurate. They land on water and don't fly more than 1-2 days nonstop. The story doesn't describe how they would sleep, or eat. Smithsonian would hopefully do better.

[@Celisar1]

0:05 “has not sit on SOLID ground for more than a year”

[@gregvandell]

@@Celisar1 The headline says, "A Royal Albatross Can Fly for 13 Straight Months". That is inaccurate and disproved at the 5 minute mark you mentioned. Smithsonian should do better

[@ELECTRONICBAWUMIA]

Better do research

[@ingusmant]

​@@Celisar1 the title does not say that tho, its clickbait.

[@seangallagher1947]

@@gregvandellI’m quite certain that they know what they’re talking about better than you do. So I doubt they need any sort of advice or opinions from the likes of you… Thanks anyway though 👋

[@rsohailmohammed]

What does it actually mean when they say " the Albatross has not set foot on solid ground for more than a year"? Does it's been just flying over the ocean continuously?

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

nah they do land on the ocean to rest

[@rob-robi]

I think it's one more exaggeration lol I think the bird landed several times, somewhere.

[@jockin]

How do they sleep if they fly for a year?

[@jurassicparkboom2426]

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

[@andy70d35]

@@jurassicparkboom2426 Correct

[@johnrobb9408]

Gain altitude and glide. 10 foot wingspan.

[@laurentsaurel1751]

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

[@timhoward5]

They sleep while they fly.

[@jaymanilla289]

how do they eat while flying for 13 months straight?

[@effyleven]

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

[@mojonaw3211]

i wonder how he perceives time while flying for a year. idk if they can conceive “time” but he still experienced 365+ sun ups and downs. was he brutally exhausted or just came back from a quick stroll?

[@BELLOVLOG10]

Wow 😮 super power

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

This is intelligence of evaluation, Mankind needs to learn 😊

[@Sage-cm3uk]

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

[@UQRXD]

The title is misleading.

[@tanianaldrett8637]

The title is plain wrong.

[@luudest]

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

[@mattlewis8889]

I f***in love birds.

[@antoinebachmann6253]

I wonder whether we can trust the “13 months in the air”. Has the bird been tracked with a GPS? Also, if he indeed spends most of his time in the air, the clearly the ground is NOT “home” for him. It is only “home@ from anthropomorphic point of view, for humans who can’t fly.

[@joelouis-arena4061]

So when month 14 arrives it’s: I just can’t do this anymore 🤔

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

Inconceivable 😊😊

[@tanianaldrett8637]

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

[@AbdurRakeen]

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

[@sadugas]

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

[@judithropata2269]

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

[@AntLuvsCamlia]

13 !!!!

[@ctrlavender]

Oh taywitch ❤ again 13

[@charlotte-ns1vr]

yes exactly what i was about to commenttt shes a masterminddddd

[@HaleyGrogan]

@@charlotte-ns1vrSAME

[@ramasubramaniankrishnamoor2460]

Very beautiful birds. Hopefully to better. South ocean large sea birds.

[@JaquelineBullete]

May the last thing I see before I die is an Albatross flying across the sky.

[@ROFO79]

You would think that it would make in fact that their leg strength not using them for years at a time

[@frankco1222]

i just wonder how they sleep of perhaps rest…?

[@JayDee-b5u]

The guy is a liar.

[@ksenap7233]

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.

[@JayDee-b5u]

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

[@ELECTRONICBAWUMIA]

​@@JayDee-b5u😂😂😂😂

[@photografs]

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.

[@agtparallelfeezi3228]

Got right home found his woman, and got right to it 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂

[@insomniacking7677]

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

[@chrissy2053]

Mahalo🌺Beautiful😍🙏♥️

[@chromatic91]

They live for 50 years

[@mauromeneguzzi8431]

Linda maravilhosa natureza

[@SicMundusss]

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

[@techshabby0001]

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.

[@Mike-ym6rl]

There is one lesson humans can learn from these magnificent birds, something that is sorely missing today..."Loyalty"

[@timhoward5]

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

[@papuiceii9840]

None of your business

[@ministryofpeacekmk]

Wow!! 😮

[@MuhammadBilal-rn5wh]

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

[@khafvaal4415]

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]

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

[@diane8667]

They are beautiful

[@andy70d35]

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

[@taniac1860]

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

[@kimjongun1777]

God is greatest. Everywhere we see n witness his glory

[@Kramotac71]

I did wonder how they slept

[@GulaghaNasiri-nn6tt]

Who created ths birds can someone tell me? Who Design ths birds the colours the beauty of ths birds?

[@TommyTombs]

NZ’s last PM can do it for 14 months

[@ralphm4132]

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...

[@hughmacdonald3595]

Untrue title. They land on the water. In other words the usual half-baked Smithsonian title.

[@bentos117]

landing after 13 months flying should be painful one

[@birdlover7690]

Beautifil

[@lazycube4471]

❤

[@BarnabasMwanba]

How can it survive without eating for one year?

[@jeffbaxter8770]

WOW.

[@asimally9468]

WOW ...

[@BlackFemaleAnd50]

@1:26 - Since when are birds "born"?

[@Gumiyani]

Pengetahuan yang sangat berguna bagi kehidupan manusia👍

[@richboy-tl6vv]

Feel like 🧢...ain't no way they flying that long😂

[@BackVivien-c9d]

Mack Forge

[@makarovmatsumo3125]

Music title?

[@AlejandrinaAus-h4e]

Abshire Haven

[@zagor1453]

Do they sleep while flying ?

[@RajaSudu-m6t]

I believe their brain sleep half one at a time.

[@YuleLouise-d1p]

Friedrich Loop

[@umadbro4493]

it doesn't sleep?

[@none-ya-dam821]

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

[@colecolettecole]

mate

[@magneticqubzian6902]

Where does the famous saying come from?

[@kennypool]

How do you know?

[@christinelc61]

wow