FIGURE 2. The wandering albatross spends more than 95% of its life in the open ocean, ten years of this as as an immature bird, but also half of its mature life during its non-breeding years.

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Oceanic respite for wandering albatrosses

Henri Weimerskirch and Rory P. Wilson

Nature 406, 955-956(31 August 2000)

doi:10.1038/35023068

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Birds move to specific oceanic areas far from their breeding grounds; area preferences appear to last a lifetime.

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