In the north of America, a bird called Lysan albatross also known as the oldest bird has surprised scientists by surviving a destructive tsunami. It was seen with its new baby at a refuge in the Pacific Islands a week after the tragedy.
The massive tsunami killed about 2000 albatrosses and 110,000 baby birds in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The totality population of the Laysan Albatross birds is estimated to be of 1 million. Barry Stieglitz, a project leader said that the bird survival was by luck as such natural disaster is dangerous and fatale to many species.
As the bird is considered to be the oldest one, it provides the scientist useful information that no other albatrosses can. It is estimated that the bird is of 60 years of age and have 35 kids. The Laysan Albatross is among one of the 21 species of the largest aquatic birds on the Hawaiian Islands and of the North American coast.
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