Animals: Albatrosses can literally sleep while flying — half the…

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Did you know? Albatrosses can literally sleep while flying — half their brain shuts down while they keep gliding. An albatross can fly for days to weeks without landing, thanks to dynamic soaring above waves. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any animal (3.5 m).

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Albatrosses can literally sleep while flying — half their brain shuts down while they keep gliding. An albatross can fly for days to weeks without landing, thanks to dynamic soaring above waves. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any animal (3.5 m).

Albatrossen kunnen letterlijk vliegende slapen — half hun hersenen sluit af terwijl ze blijven zweven. Een albatros kan dagen-tot-weken vliegen zonder te landen, dankzij dynamische soaring boven golven. De wandelende albatros heeft de grootste vleugelspanwijdte van elk dier (3,5 m).

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