Have you heard of the famous poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by Coleridge and the curse of the Albatross? An albatross is a large seabird found commonly in live Southern Ocean and the North pacific. There’s another bird which looks like an albatross – the southern giant petrel.
The southern giant petrel is also known as Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker and stinkpot. People often confuse this bird with the albatross for its large size and habit of following ships. Unlike an albatross, the bird has shorter wings and looks hunchbacked while flying. It also likes to feed on shorelines where it scavengers for carrion such as carcasses of penguins and seals. The bird attacks smaller birds, particularly chicks and hunts at sea for fish and squid. It is a large bird with a length between 86 to 100 centimetres and a wingspan of 185 to 205 centimetres.
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