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so, could she have possibly seen the battle of midway? and maybe thought "how stupid these weird creatures are"?

She's listed at 72 in wiki [1], so probably not.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_(albatross)

That’s a conservative estimate based on the fact that when they tagged her she had to be at least 5 since she had chicks and they reach sexual maturity at 5. She could have been older.

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