Almost a third of Laysan albatross nests in the Oahu colony have two mommies.
GIRLS TOGETHER Mommy-mommy dearest: Two female Laysan albatross behave as a bonded pair, nesting together year after year and in good times managing to raise a chick. A new genetic study shows the pairing is common for a community of albatross in Oahu.
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