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The
video, shot at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve in Dunedin on New
Zealand's South Island, shows an albatross landing on its face,
legs flailing, before it manages to right itself as a chick
watches on.
It has been watched over 660,000 times since being posted on
Saturday, with several people on Twitter commenting on their
similar experiences while skiing or speculating what the
albatrosses might have been thinking.
"Flying for the albatross is mainly effortless, landing can be a
little bit harder," is the wry commentary on the Twitter post
accompanying the video by the Royal Albatross Cam.
Set up in 2016, the Royal Cam, as it is known for short, is a
24-hour livestream of the albatross nest during breeding season
set up by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) and
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Royal albatrosses are among the largest seabirds in the world
and regularly live into their 40s, according to the DOC website.
They are considered "at risk" by the DOC.
"Lucky for the somersaulting alby, recovery was quick and only
the chick was watching!!," was the final word from the Royal Cam
account.
(Reporting by Pola Grzanka and Stefica Nicol Bikes; Writing by
Karishma Singh; Editing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
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