But one clumsy albatross might have just ruined this illusion.
In a live stream shared online, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand managed to face-plant spectacularly upon landing and the animal s uncoordinated descent has brought joy to thousands of viewers.
The video, captured Saturday at Taiaroa Head near the city of Dunedin on New Zealand s South Island, shows a downy six-week-old albatross chick chirping at an incoming adult, who is trying to time its landing.
Unfortunately the bird fails spectacularly, crashing headfirst and somersaulting forward into the long grass. Upside down, it pedals its legs furiously in the air for a few moments before recovering and bashfully walking out of frame.
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The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites outweigh the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it.
A research team led by the University of Cambridge and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and including Dr Kelvin Peh from the University of Southampton, analysed dozens of sites across six continents.
In this study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, scientists calculated the monetary worth of each site’s “ecosystem services”, such as carbon storage and flood protection, as well as likely dividends from converting it for production of goods such as crops and timber.
In a live stream, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand managed to face-plant spectacularly upon landing and the animal's uncoordinated descent has brought joy to thousands of viewers.
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