The ALBATROSS is the largest bird that can go years without landing!.
It spends its first 6 years of life flying over the ocean before coming to the land to mate!.
It is capable of traveling more than 10,000 miles in a single journey and circum-navigating the globe in 46 days.
An albatross is known to fly 49,700 miles without touching land. Its long and narrow wingspans are used to ride the ocean winds.
A albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.
They can go years without touching land.
Albatrosses can sleep while flying.
They can live and raise chicks into their 60s.
They mate for life, with some wiggle room.
They can smell food in the water from 12 miles away.
These birds can fly for many days high in the sky and do not flap their wings once.