Drifting albatross is a large seabird, belonging to the family Albatross, its body length can reach about 1.35 meters, females are slightly smaller than males, weight is generally 6-12 kg, drifting albatross is the most characteristic is its wings, its wings are very wide, comparable to birds of prey, its average wingspan can reach 3.1 meters, the largest recorded wingspan can reach 3.7 meters, known as "long-winged sea angels".
The large wingspan also gives the albatross excellent gliding ability, they can usually stay in the air for several hours without flailing their wings, and at the same time, it can glide about 20 meters every time the flight altitude drops by 1 meter, so it is also praised as an "outstanding glider". Drifting albatrosses are typical gliding birds that take advantage of changes in air currents above the waves. The color of the drifting albatross' feathers is usually related to its age, the adult drifting albatross is generally white in body, black wings, white drifting albatross females have whiter wings than males, black tips and trail edges, pink beaks and feet, and an inconspicuous peach-like spot on the side of its head, which is an important difference between it and several other new species of albatrosses. The average lifespan of a drifting albatross is about 20, and they spend most of their lives at sea.
After the age of four, the drifting albatross can prepare to fly back to their birthplace and begin to find a suitable spouse, usually taking up to a year or two to get along before entering the "palace of marriage" and becoming a lifelong partner. Drifting albatrosses begin to lay eggs at about 6-7 years old, because its reproductive ability is relatively low, usually every two years will only produce an egg, so male and female take turns to hatch and find food, from laying eggs to chicks flying from the nest takes about a year, young birds will begin their drifting life at sea after plump feathers, drifting albatrosses stomach is very peculiar will change the type of food due to weather changes, they like to eat dead corpses very much, dead fish or mollusks floating on the surface are its favorite, In addition to being good at gliding flight, drifting albatrosses are also good at diving to about 12 meters underwater at a time.
Drifting albatrosses live near the Southern Ocean, and when they first started, there was no disturbance and no predators. In the 20th century, it was discovered by sailors in Chinese waters, after which eggs were stolen, feathers were robbed, and they were constantly hunted, encountering the catastrophe of the century. Coupled with its relatively low reproductive ability, it disappeared in the late 40s and 50s of the 20th century. Until 1954, more than 200 were found in Torijima, Japan. Later, they were harmed by the US Air Force, and only more than 40 of the more than 100 remained, and then flew back to China. Now it has grown to more than 800 animals. The wandering albatross is not only a third-class protected animal in China, but also an international treasure bird.