Washington: The oldest known bird to lay an egg and raise a chick landed last week at the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, apparently to do it again, at age 64. Albatross like Wisdom are not even expected to live much more than half this long. So it stands to reason that mothers in the Laysan albatross species such as Wisdom's usually stop laying eggs when they are much younger. "It continues to just blow our minds," said Bruce Peterjohn, chief of the US Bird Banding...
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