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Why albatross is considered as a holy bird by the sailor?

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Answered by sakshi7048
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Albatross is considered as a holy bird by the sailor because at such places they have not seen a single living creature, so this bird is not only the bird for them but the happiness and glory to see a living organism where they had not seen the living creatures from many days.

Albatross is a hope for that sailors who have not seen anything living at that places...So in this way Albatross is considered as a holy bird for sailors.

Characteristics of Albatross are :

● It has the longest wingspan....say upto 11 feet.

● They have got suprisingly a good sense of smell.

● they are the largest of the Procellariiformes.

● The albatross eats cephalopods, fish, crustaceans.

● They mostly kill their prey at ocean surface.

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