The albatross has been immortalized in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” For time immemorial, this bird has held a special place in maritime lore and superstition and no other bird has been romanticized as much as the Albatross. This bird belongs to the family of seabirds that is typified by their ‘tube-noses.’ Other members of this family are petrels and [...]