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• A Laysan albatross named Wisdom, who lives at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, laid what experts believe to be her 60th egg recently, her first in four years. Wisdom is 74 years old, the Associated Press reports.
Laysan albatrosses mate for life; Wisdom's mate, Akeakamai, has not been seen for several years, and Wisdom started stepping out with another male.
"We are optimistic that the egg will hatch," said Jonathan Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at the refuge.
Eggs typically incubate for about two months.