Nature of wandering Albatross birds - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife

[hammondud1]

i watch this at leakedmovies . biz

[darenshan54]

1:11 =D

[Sadoda777]

Apparently these birds can extend their wings in air up to 3.6 meters

[ElvisLivesUpstairs]

"Hold this for me, will ya pal" (Rescuers down under)

[ijay22]

they are MASSIVE.

[OCARINAofTlME]

Aww, the baby's so cute and fluffy! XD

[MalchikBlue]

Flap-flap-flapping my albatross wings.

[HaoWenXiang]

David is the boogeyman of Nature. Animals keep seeing him lurking in the shadows on every continent, like some ghost.

[0000000NoName0000000]

WTF, he didn't even mentioned that the wandering albatross got the widest wings span in the birds kingdom

[writersblock26]

Georgia is so underated as a place to explore exotic flora and fauna.

[alichakhari]

good photo.

[Elderscrolls333]

Damn look at it taking off like a commercial airplane @ 2:21 gets a running start and glides with that enormous wingspan.

[monk3ypilot]

Albatri are HUGE

[gtr1359]

@monk3ypilot and beautiful

[jjjooommm222]

I once travelled to Brazille to get some squid for my baby. It was along trip.

[pakistan1114]

Can some one tell me how i can find the documentries of David on net ???? please reply me if someone know something. I really want to see more and more documentries of David.

[cantholdmedown08]

I want David Attenborough to be my grandfather.

[conscarcdr]

That is one big baby!

[durgaaa]

How long does it take a bird to travel 5000 miles and return with squid to its chick?

Where do the squids stay during the 5000 mile journey?

[googcast]

@durgaaa

Depends on if it's an African or a European albatross...

[durgaaa]

@googcast --Well, do you know for each of them ? And how about knowing where the collected squid stays on the parent bird for weeks during the journey?

I heard the distance of 5000 miles - doesn't that indicate which kind of Albatross? Just listen to the clip again, to hear what I heard.

[googcast]

@durgaaa are you talking about the african albatross or the european?

[lilyflora10]

Cute snow white chicks!!!!

[nordhorny]

The wandering albatross has the greatest span on average of all living birds. 13 ft is the record.

[durgaaa]

@nordhorny --some have even recorded up to 17 feet.

[NoteFromNature]

love the nature life forever......

[notanon666]

1:37 , the birds like "wtf you want from me david"

[dermhovin]

i love

[WhiteYuurei]

Cute bird!

[SoupPresto]

hahahhaha you kinda deserved that.. albatrosses are endangered :(

[AEKMiChaLHs]

i heard that they can fly 7 years without stop and they sleep while they fly ;p

[carsontweed10]

hahahahaha

[Acecombatgamer]

i learned that in school a few dayz ago. im in 8th grade

[Scrap5000]

I shot one with a crossbow once for no reason, and my shipmates made me wear it around my neck as punishment.

[IraMcGurkin]

I don't like Barack Obama, either.

[Scrap5000]

Ha, whatever retard gave me a thumbs down is an uneducated fool.

Read Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, you fucking moron.

[DanimalKingdom]

@Scrap5000 lolz

[Scrap5000]

@DanimalKingdom Thank you...it's good to see we have at least ONE other educated member amongst us.

We're surrounded by barbarians, I tell you.

[NYCityBoy718]

how about i shoot YOU with a crossbow?! see how u like it!

[Scrap5000]

@NYCityBoy718

Ha, get an education and then you will realize how stupid your comment to me was.

Try reading this and then come back and apologize, you moron:

Read Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

[dtatm101]

aaw the babys are so cute

[GrandPatzer]

Albatrosses, nature's jetliners.

[Nuraa4]

Great flaying

[blademanx]

i heard they can fly up to 10,000 miles...is that non stop? or do they land on sea?

they use heatwaves or fly in packs with minimal energy.

[OfGreatLakes]

It's very possible they can do it non-stop, albatross have been known to sleep while flying, and scientists believe that dynamic soaring (they can stay up in the air without moving their wings for hours and maybe even days by using prevailing winds) is a big part in letting them stay in the air for so long.

Check out Wake Forest University's albatross site, enter "albatross dynamic soaring" into google and you should get an explanation of the process. Glider pilots may do the same thing too.

[ChaChinnngK]

beautiful

[95milkbone]

SWEET BIRD

[mgibsondrunk]

I love these big birds. The represent freedom in a very compelling way.

I would like to fly as one of them. Soon maybe.... yeah soon.

[skepticoz]

watch?v=zLlDQHdZ_F0

[malte2904]

yeah soon but not too soon u have time

[foxyfaefife]

Haha, "land, land".

[chemtraildanger]

I love this voice

[chemtraildanger]

the funniest cutest parent and child animal I have heard of in the wild amazing what a shame the mice at torturing this pretty young one and sad they have to live through cold snow alone poor chicks. If It was me I'd build s roof and mice trap around to keep it safe from cold and predators mice. this are so huge birds they look lovely in flight. what good parents some humans abandon their child they could get a parenting lesson from this ones.

[XxFLUxX]

getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to travel and talk about animals and run up on them? and your guaranteed more than a year contract?

what a fucking dream job

[blaziermissy]

@XxFLUxX yes, I want to go:)!!!

[CidHighwindRocks]

@XxFLUxX I'd do it just for expenses paid

[iToasterman]

@XxFLUxX Diseases many needles jet lag sickness hurt walking in hard spots. you didnt think about the negatives

[95milkbone]

Birds Rule !

[robotpanda77]

Attenborough is always creeping around in the background like the voyeur of nature. Taking pictures and stuff.

[AceOfSpadesX]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[durgaaa]

@robotpanda77 --yeah and he's GOOD at it and deserves every dollar he earns --he's responsible for a great deal of learning in this world and we are blessed to see his work!

[robotpanda77]

@durgaaa I totally agree. He has a nice voice for the narration work he has done as well. A good man.

[durgaaa]

@robotpanda77 It takes a real small brain to think this way, projecting prurient values and pervert-like descriptions onto a world famous, well loved, Naturalist narrator.

[SumayahNajaar]

Good Stuff.

Bless you Sir David

[RealNeurotiq]

thats the pet i want, loll can fly me around

[thegreatankur]

beautiful bird...

[0100110101001011]

that takeoff at the end reminds me of rescuers down under.

[WuManGroup]

someone told me these birds can fly for five years without touching land, i find that extremely hard to believe

has anyone heard of these birds being able to do anything like that, or any bird for that matter??

[sidensvans54]

They can be at sea, so to speak, for long periods.

Five years on the wing...No

[JamiePs3User]

!! Yes !! they can.

[soggynippleses]

I have heard of a bird, don't recall which bird, but the documentary said that the bird spent 90% of its life off land, flying over the ocean fishing. Mostly flying some swimming, And only 10% on land to mate.

[okuma0kuma]

the swift i think is a bird that only touche land to nest on side cliffs and spend the rest of the entire life in the air they even sleep in the sky because they are unable land in water or ground as they have short legs they unable to leep or run

[Flighn]

5000 miles?? Just to collect squid? Fark me.

[astronoman11]

just love the way it takes off at the end

[youngmaria80]

They look like getting used to meet david,never run away.

[CosmosFever]

Baby Huey!!! Beautiful bird

[95milkbone]

Its crazzy that they can live like that has a baby in the wide open with the snow and the cold

[o7jimmy]

The bird is beautiful but they are also called goony-birds beacause taking off and landing is rough. :) Thanks for sharing.

[TimmahUK]

i was amazed to hear some live longer then humans

[ISBAILEYDEADYET]

I heard there are some the size of lorrys.

[ImGoingInSolo]

You'd think that the dad or mom which ever it was would have tried to scare him off, but I guess he didn't seem like a real threat.

[qwerti666]

That's because albatrosses were never used to having to deal with natural predators on their breeding grounds, so they lack the instinct to defend their young. Unfortunately the humans then dropped by to mess up the environment and introduce new species. Apparently the chicks now even get eaten by mice :(

[mcplump]

i love this man

[prettypinkcupcakes55]

Attenborough rocks!!! <33333

[francesco132]

they're beautiful :*

[luciffer1988]

amazing you can come so close to them...

[CuteCheekyGrl]

kl i'm hungy

[jackelcackel]

amazing! i am reading about them they can have a wing spand of 11 FT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[doublem111]

Some 13 feet as well.

[jess502pb]

Albatross are so awesome.

[custard19]

mama I'm hungry

[CuteCheekyGrl]

me 2 lol  :)

[tinychinadoll]

Nice. That adult albatross looks like it's trying to feed Sir Attenborough a little into the clip (:

[sundaywino]

The ultimate flying machine.

[sundaywino]

Do you get wafers with it?

[filthyvictorians]

'Course you don't get bloody wafers with it!

[sundaywino]

Gannet ripple, strawberry Petrel on a stick!

[yoochoobb]

John Cleese! Haha!

[goleafsgono13]

pengiuninos are better

[GeHOF]

Fantastic vid. These birds must not become extinct.

[cqmhc]

5000 miles for some food! 5000.

Damn

[wildferocitylord]

Such a amazing creature.

[wtfdude8]

that has a long wingspan dude...

[Pityugonzales]

Good video :) ...

[jimmyhotpants]

ALBATROSS!

[killroy42]

Moooore!!! These are too short by far :)

[commapen]

What flavour is it?

[elvispresleyweeps]

It's a bloody sea bird! It's not any bloody flavour!

[cel86]

Tuna: chicken of the sea :P