These birds are a few days late for Valentine"s Day, but they look like they"re in the mood for love. Wandering albatrosses (also known as snowy albatrosses, white-winged albatrosses, or goonies) live mostly on the open ocean but come on land for mating season. A salt gland located above their nasal passages allows them to desalinate and survive drinking only salt water as they feed on small marine animals. They can float on the sea surface and glide for hours.
Flocking together in the Antarctic
Today in History
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
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Marine Day in Japan
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One for the books
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20 years later
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Saint Andrews Day
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Mountains fit for a queen
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A storied trail marks a century
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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Through an artist s eyes
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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It s Bermuda s big day
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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Does this shark have an Irish accent?
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It s ∞ Day!
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Mexican giant cardon cactus
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International Nurses Day
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World Honey Bee Day
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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Porcupine
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Shhh, the movie is about to start
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
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Green fields of grain
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National Aviation Day