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100
There are 21 different types of albatross.
True or False
True
100
Do albatrosses mainly live in the Southern or Northern hemisphere?
The Southern hemisphere
100
Which one is an albatross?
Picture A
100
Which large fish eats albatrosses?
Sharks
100
Which of these countries doesn't have albatrosses?
New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Japan
Germany
200
How long can an albatross live in the wild?
20 years, 40 years or 60 years?
60 years
200
Are albatrosses good parents?
Not really.
200
In the poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', what is the sailor's punishment?
He must wear the albatross around his neck and walk the earth forever telling people what he had done.
200
What human activity endangers albatrosses?
They get caught in fishing lines and nets.
200
Albatrosses mate for life.
True or False?
True.
300
How long is the wingspan of an albatross?
3-4 metres
300
How do albatrosses attract a mate?
They dance.
300
If a song is an albatross, is it good or bad?
It is bad (because it means this song overshadows the singer's other songs).
300
If albatrosses fall asleep while they are flying, they fall into the sea.
True or False?
False. They can sleep while they are flying.
300
Albatrosses can fly for hundreds of kilometres without flapping their wings.
True or False?
True.
400
How far away can an albatross smell food?
19-20 kilometres
400
How long does a chick stay in the nest before it fledges?
280 days
400
In Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', what does the sailor do to the albatross?
He kills it.
400
If an albatross chick falls out of the nest, what will its parents do?
Nothing. (It only recognises its chick because it's in the nest.)
400
How do albatrosses stay in the air if they aren't flapping their wings?
They glide on ocean currents.
500
How long can an albatross spend in the air without touching land?
Up to a year
500
How many dance moves does an albatross make?
22
500
Why are albatrosses called 'gooney birds'?
Because sometimes they crash when they land.
500
How do albatross parents accidentally kill their young?
They feed them plastic, thinking that it is food.
500
Which one of these performers hasn't written a song about the albatross?
Taylor Swift, The Beatles or Fleetwood Mac?
The Beatles