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Follow your nose
French and US researchers have discovered that the Wandering Albatross finds their food by relying on their sense of smell. Their noses are really powerful tools, able to pick up a scent from several miles away.
Gabrielle Nevitt, professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior at UC Davis said "This is the first time anyone has looked at the odor-tracking behavior of individual birds in the wild using remote techniques."
Their flying patters has suggested that the birds, rather than visual cues, were following a plume of scent. The birds do not have a very good eyesight compared to other predatory birds.
They fly for thousands of miles across the ocean, eating squid and other things.
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