National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting documents young Laysan and Black-Footed Albatrosses on Hawaii's Midway Atoll as they learn to fly
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@zz532a2 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite videos.
@MyNeonFreak10 жыл бұрын
They have beautiful long wings *.*
@Lonesome__Dove3 жыл бұрын
My favorite sea birds! Favorite part is their courtship ritual dance! So funny. They invented the "dab"
@jackieweston40872 жыл бұрын
Love it. And missed them when I lived on midway island 1970-73
@gedstrom9 жыл бұрын
I was stationed on Midway for a year in 1974/75 with the Navy. One little detail left out of this video: As the young birds are learning to fly, sharks are awaiting for any that are just too weak to stay airborne. This is one of the few times that you would ever see sharks inside the reef on Midway.
@lindad59746 жыл бұрын
gedstrom what ship were you on?
@lindanietman63092 жыл бұрын
Yes, I remember that. I was stationed there too.
@timungrysr3326 Жыл бұрын
Go Navy
@A66omd6 жыл бұрын
Lovely footage!
@marysmith99343 жыл бұрын
So cute. They still look like babies.
@z4k4z12 жыл бұрын
Majestic fliers.
@peacefullifetv50653 жыл бұрын
How happy they are when they can fly!!
@gwenbills39417 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!1
@longlivechina75387 жыл бұрын
Beautiful bird
@snowcloud067 жыл бұрын
I want these photographers' job!!
@thomasdk198517 жыл бұрын
Amazing ..!
@jackieweston40872 жыл бұрын
I lived there 1870-73. I was 7-9 years old. Dad in navy
@gavinoctavien14005 жыл бұрын
Just amazing
@fabriglas2 жыл бұрын
Black ones look interesting never seen a mono coloured one what genius are they?
@governorofouterspace37872 жыл бұрын
It turns out that the real drama is floating here!
@maneezshafi80387 жыл бұрын
really awesome
@ekaalbatros91236 жыл бұрын
Albatross birds beatiful and same with my name eka albatros
@__-pl3jg8 жыл бұрын
This is great...Except they left out the part where sharks eat the ones who venture into the water as their friends watch in horror from the beach :-(
@DavidKlemp13 жыл бұрын
Nice story, Chris.
@pamsloan11 жыл бұрын
Chris. This is wonderful. For a kick... Try turning off the volume and watching the video to the new recording by Vulfpeck called Birdwatcher. It's Great!!!!
@ts89576 жыл бұрын
Awesome birds. I was a little boy and attacked me for my 🍟. Scared the hell out of me.
@jackwest49064 жыл бұрын
Did you ever lived there. In 1970 I lived as a child. My dad a naval officer. We lived almost 4 yrs. There was less than 1000 servicemen and their families. The single guys lived in barracks. It is odd that no people lives there besides contractors and fish and wildlife. When I lived there the island allows dogs but absoutly no cats or other mammals. I'm homesick please correspond soon
@ts-je3yt4 жыл бұрын
No i have not been to midway island . Im from the east cost of canada . The bird attacked when i was like 5 years old in clearwater florida. 😎🕊🦅
@khanumhafsa16663 жыл бұрын
Is they are may be dangerous.. Or not..?? By the way i love their wings and eyes and specially... The name albetross ❤how much cool 💕
@artisanvaporfrisco81057 жыл бұрын
these birds need a romcom on NBC
@tomturner96475 жыл бұрын
As a Navy pilot in the 1970's was treated to the "gooney bird" show on the Midway beach during a fuel stop. The birds are great flyers but not very good at take-offs and landings.
@jackwest49064 жыл бұрын
I lived on midway almost 4 yrs. My dad a naval officer stationed there 1970. I was a kid and remember every little detail. Attended school at george cannon. 1200 servicemen and their families live here. And single men live in barracks. Every early morning I can hear trumpet rivalry and at night trumpet taps. I wish I could understand about the war. It explains all the rusty fighter planes scattered along the shoreline from the end of the airstrip to my dads naval office. Please correspond with me. These videos makes me homesick I think I recognize my house. My address there I d49 lol. Jaci
@Bacoprah9 жыл бұрын
Hilarious! They all look like they're wearing terrible little wigs!
@dylangeltzeiler9466 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness there wasn't any Tiger Sharks around. They eat fledgling Albatrosses that try to take to the air.
@mercedesaug7 жыл бұрын
Neat
@Herbert289211 жыл бұрын
2:44 Overhead the albatroz hangs motionless upon the air... -▲
@peacefullifetv50653 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for this bird.
@YounaTuber12 жыл бұрын
1:41 "Hi, I'm Jesus. Nice to meet you."
@sonicyears Жыл бұрын
Albatross Wings. The birds wings are greatly big But there thin Nature Have some upsides and downsides. There wings make For good flyers but It greatly reduces drag but also reduces lift Also lives where it's lot of windy so it Fly good but if it wasn't windy And the wings wouldn't have enough left to take off and stay in the sky not Not much like eagles and other birds of prey cuz If From the area there lived there is no wind They have to evolve wings that have bigger flight feathers so they could fly in those conditions Cause it's that happened they have to go that
@sonicyears Жыл бұрын
Similar thing with hang gliders but no right feathers in of all things
@experienceaccra242710 жыл бұрын
The Hookpod is a new fisheries invention that’s small in size, big in innovation and has huge implications for saving the albatross from extinction. Every 5 seconds an albatross dies on a longline hook. Hookpod is the answer. kck.st/1r1fIKJ
@imoldgreggboosh34673 жыл бұрын
How did they build a cage around these birds so f lanting could go inside for his captive photographs???
@iluvjellybeans9712 жыл бұрын
0:27 !!! Lolz love the mohawk!!!
@abdulsyahid28262 жыл бұрын
0:27
@wildsauu12 жыл бұрын
*omg* that one at 53 seems to wear sunglasses
@judgementravijudgementravi99304 жыл бұрын
👌👈🙏😄😃😀😍
@judgementravijudgementravi99304 жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏 must Save da Innocents
@iluvjellybeans9712 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yer it does! funny how he loses his balance and just sits....... :D
@LittleFootFan4Ever11 жыл бұрын
lol
@SoapySoul11 жыл бұрын
*and become a real bird* - WTF?
@THDYoung4 жыл бұрын
"and become a real bird" --- too much schmaltz
@homerpinson39046 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t watch because of that awful mouth noise in the beginning 🤢😭
@m.j.golden45227 жыл бұрын
Stewardship, in the Christian tradition, implies protection. [Hu]Man should exist in harmony with the Earth, not work against it as is noted in Colossians 1:16-17 Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. - Stewart Udall