3. They are so efficient in their flying technique that they spend more energy in landing and take-off than in flying. 4. The wandering albatross can glide for several hundred miles without a ...

The bird tried to take off, its wings stretching some six feet as it ran from Moniz. A swipe with the crook, a bleat of protest, and the albatross was apprehended, snagged by the neck. Moniz ...