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2 days ago

🥳🐣<3 EXCITING BABY NEWS: Wisdom's chick has hatched! At least 68 years old, the Laysan albatross and world’s oldest known, banded wild bird's chick is currently being cared for by her mate, Akeakamai. The chick hatched this week at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial. <3🐥🎉

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[Photo description: First family photo: Wisdom's mate stands over the newly hatched chick. Credit: Bob Peyton/USFWS]

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