World’s oldest known wild bird gives birth to another chick at age of 70

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Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has birthed a chick at the age of 70, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced.

According to the USFWS, the Laysan albatross hatched the chick on 1 February in a wildlife refuge in the North Pacific Ocean.

Laysan albatrosses usually only live for 12-40 years. But Wisdom was first identified by researchers in 1956.

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