An Albatross is a species of large seabirds that collectively make up the family Diomedeidae.

They are able to stay aloft in windy weather for hours without ever flapping their extremely long, narrow wings.

In calm air an albatross prefers to rest on the water surface and drinks seawater.

Albatrosses come ashore only to breed.

Seamen once held that killing an albatross would bring bad luck,

IN The North Pacific species were slaughtered in large numbers for their feathers, which were used in the millinery trade and as swansdown.