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Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs in sequential order to create a motion picture was a two-second clip of a Black man on a horse? Yes, it was. Yes, it was. Look it up.

Inspiring animals I have seen.

Basically, the “divorce” rate of this albatross species (which typically mate for life) has nearly doubled in recent years and scientists suspect that climate change may play a big role in this phenomenon.

As is almost always the case with climate change, the negative effect is largely multifactorial. In regard to the albatrosses climbing breakup rate it’s theorized in part like this; with warming waters, decreased nutrients in the water column have caused a decline in the fish and squid that albatrosses eat. The more time they spend looking for food delays the albatross breeding window, and results in less success in hatching and raising chicks. Losing a chick is a major cause of breakup for these birds, hence the climbing divorce rate as fewer babies survive to adulthood. Even couples that are able to raise a chick together may still split up, potentially due to the high stress hormones caused by pressure to find food.

The problem isn’t exactly the albatross divorce rate itself, more that this odd little data point could signal the beginning of a collapsing food web for the Black-browed albatross and other species in their ecosystem :(