Female albatrosses shack up

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 19:14 in Biology & Nature

What happens when there is a shortage of males and a female wants to have a family?  In the case of the Laysan albatross, females shack up with each other for years and take turns raising offspring, research now reveals.

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