#i didn't even know albatrosses lived so much longer than other birds until AFTER I picked the albatross are you KIDDING me

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「 Dream SMP Daemon AU 」

    ༄ PHILZA + AELLAI (WANDERING ALBATROSS) ༄

Wandering albatrosses are a patient, confident, cooperative species of seabird found primarily in the southern hemisphere. Their wingspans are the largest of any bird, and the design of their wings, use of weather patterns, and style of flying means they can travel 1,000 km/d (620 mi/d) without flapping their wings once. This efficient long-distance traveling underlies the albatross's success as a long-distance, nomadic forager, covering great distances and expending little energy looking for patchily distributed food sources. 

They are opportunistic and adaptable feeders, consuming primarily fish, but they are willing to scavenge on carcasses and feed on the scraps from commercial fishing operations and other predators. Like other seabirds, albatrosses drink seawater, harmlessly filtering out the saline that would otherwise kill them. The only time they ever return to land is during the breeding season; the rest of the time is usually spent alone out on the open sea, though they are capable of coexisting peacefully with small groups of other albatrosses when foraging and feeding. As the breeding season arrives, huge colonies of birds flock to their breeding grounds together, even though pairs are quite protective of their own nests and space. 

Wandering albatrosses are dutiful and loyal birds, in it for the long haul once they have made a commitment, as once a wandering albatross has found a suitable mate, it continues to breed with that one bird for the rest of its life. They are expressive and open creatures, undertaking elaborate and painstaking mating displays to ensure that the appropriate partner has been chosen and to perfect partner recognition, as egg laying and chick rearing is a huge time and resource investment. 

Once their chicks are born, they prove to be doting parents, with both adults equally taking great care in rearing their offspring. It sometimes takes up to a year for the chick to learn how to fly and become independent of its parents. However, because Albatrosses live much longer than other birds, they delay breeding for longer and invest more effort into fewer young. 

Philza is efficient, laidback, and indulgent. Lai is tenacious, focused, and decisive.

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NAME MEANING Aellai is a variant form of Greek Aellô, meaning "whirlwinds."

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SOURCES https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25946

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_albatross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross

https://www.britannica.com/animal/albatross

https://animals.net/wandering-albatross/

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diomedea_exulans/

#Dream SMP #dream smp daemon au #dsmp philza #cphilza #dsmp moodboard #character analysis #xi arts #i headcanon Phil used to be an ordinary human until Kristin gifted him wings along with immortality #so he's not an avian he's a normal human with wings #so there was a time long ago that Lai flew for both of them #also dang writing this up was hard #c!Phil is a supporting character first and foremost he has no real character arc #so figuring out what his and his daemon's dichotomy would be was an Endeavor #i didn't even know albatrosses lived so much longer than other birds until AFTER I picked the albatross are you KIDDING me #like bro this was meant to be i love this typing for him sm it fits so well #at least imho idk #*goes back to playing in my sandbox with my borrowed toys*