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Home / Wildlife / Birds / In one Albatross colony, more than 30% of pairs were female–female
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In one Albatross colony, more than 30% of pairs were female–female

Updated on December 16, 2025June 10, 2025
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Female albatrosses sometimes pair up and raise young together especially when males are scarce. In one Hawaiian colony, more than 30% of pairs were female-female. 

Same-sex pairings are pretty common in nature. 

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>> https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/hawaiis-lesbian-albatrosses

>> [ORIGINAL RESEARCH] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.2473

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