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foreign
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World War II
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behind
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the biggest colony of Mason albatross
foreign
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like the thousands of other Albatross
chicks he’s still flightless and
dependent on his parents for free
but his mother is the oldest known
living bird in the wild
an astonishing 67 years old
he hasn’t seen her for over a week
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in the sealing The Tropical Sun it has
to cool down
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and can only watch
while other parents return to feed their
chicks
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thank you
finally after two long weeks of waiting
the world’s oldest known bird
appears
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identified as Zed 333 on her leg band
she’s more affectionately known as
wisdom
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to her chick though
she’s instantly recognizable
as mum
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in her extraordinary lifetime
wisdom has flown almost 5 million
kilometers
and successfully raised 37 chicks
today she’s surrounded by three
generations
of her extended family
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but this exceptional great-grandmother
has no time to rest
only staying for 10 minutes
before leaving to search for more food
the chick may have one of the most
experienced mums in the world but his
future is uncertain
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thank you
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