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Albatross Cam for Bird's Eye View
from BBC News
Albatrosses associate with killer whales out in the open ocean, tiny cameras attached to the birds reveal.
Unique pictures retrieved from the cameras placed on the albatrosses' backs show the birds feeding alongside the killer whales, also known as orcas.
The birds are thought to feed on food scraps left by the marine mammals. The discovery may explain how black-browed albatrosses find their prey in an apparently featureless open ocean, say the researchers.
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