This Bird Routinely Circles The Globe
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The albatross is a bird that can routinely circle the globe. They are considered to be the most efficient travelers of all vertebrates
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They can fly over 22,000 km on a single flight. They can circumnavigate the globe in 46 days, says a 2005 study by British researchers
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They can remain aloft for long periods of time without landing. They can travel great distances by gliding on ocean breezes
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Albatrosses can sleep and eat while gliding and can fly without flapping their wings for hours at a time
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Albatrosses are large seabirds with broad wingspans and hooked beaks
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They have mostly white feathers, with some black and gray variations
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They have been observed flying at speeds of up to 127 km per hour
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Albatrosses are primarily found over the Southern Ocean and Pacific Ocean
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