You can find the said National Geographic article by Carl Safina HERE. It's well worth the read!
15 April 2015
1 April 2015
15 March 2015
Self-Conscious Waddlers
It is a well known fact that Albatrosses are master flyers. Less well known is the fact that they are close to useless on land.
That might explain why they spend so little time there.
1 March 2015
A Haruspex and a Biologist
From looking at the guts of dead albatrosses a biologist can often say how the bird died. And it's usually due to the ingestion of plastic materials. I wonder what a Haruspex would say of our future by looking at those same guts... What do you think? Let me know in the comments. Do you know what a Haruspex is? Well, look it up and learn something new.
15 February 2015
1 February 2015
Release The Fledglings
Young albatrosses will return to land after reaching sexual maturity. But that may take some time.
15 January 2015
A Haiku from the Poet Albatross
This cartoon is based on a Haiku by Julia Fiedorczuk and Gerardo Beltrán for the Ecopoetics project, because some things have to be said with a poem.
1 January 2015
Plastic Food
Did you know that Albatrosses and other wildlife die from plastic in their food chain? Plastic Food kills and it's not as if those animals had the healthy food option we arguably do.
You can learn more about this on the Plastic Pollution Coalition website.
1 November 2014
15 October 2014
The Shooting Star
Children have questions. Sometimes you might feel tempted to make up the answer. Do it. Make this world more magical.
1 October 2014
15 September 2014
1 September 2014
15 August 2014
It's All About Notoriety
"Notoriety isn't better than fame, but it sure as hell beats obscurity" A Quote by Terry Pratchett and/or Neil Gaimen from the book Good Omens
I think Napoleon said something similar.
1 August 2014
15 July 2014
1 July 2014
15 June 2014
1 June 2014
The Heligoland Albatross
So, this is a real news item I am exited about: A Black-browed Albatross was sighted near Skagen in Denmark on the 25/26th of May, and then in Heligoland in the last week of May and into June. There is more about this on the ACAP Website here..
Maybe one day I'll see my first Albatross here in Portugal...
15 May 2014
1 May 2014
19 April 2014
1 April 2014
15 March 2014
The Albatross Adventurer
Well, If you know nothing of Internet Memes, you might wonder about this one. But If you got the joke, leave a comment and we are friends.
1 March 2014
Calamari al profumo di limone
Ocean Acidification is becoming more and more of a problem. This week I heard of a study that concluded that higher levels of dissolved carbon in the water makes it so that fishes get caught more easily by predators. Sadly there is no lemon flavor involved.
15 February 2014
1 February 2014
Asleep at the wing
The heligoland albatross is back for the 4th year running... or rather flying. And speaking of flying. Did you know that albatrosses can sleep in the air? Cool, hu?
15 January 2014
1 January 2014
Striving to be a Better Albatross
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
quote by Denis Waitley15 December 2013
1 December 2013
15 November 2013
1 November 2013
Save the Albatross
They are not cuddly cute, nor can they be ever held in a zoo because a thousand mile flight is a stroll around the block for them. So most people don't even know what an albatross is, and those who do, have never seen an albatross, nor will they, as albatrosses mostly live in remote parts of the southern hemisphere, far away from civilization. If, by chance, you do come across an albatross, you cannot pat it, and the only dignified way to capture it, is in a poem, or a photo if you've got a big telescopic lens because you may not come too close. Albatrosses are not at all like Pandas. If they were more like pandas, maybe fundraising would be easier.
Unfortunately albatrosses are no strangers to the IUCN Red List. Too many birds drown caught on long-line fishing hooks as they try to eat the bait. Uncounted others die due to plastic pollution. These magnificent seabirds need our help.
How? Well, here's the pitch: If you buy a signed print of a witty Albatrosses cartoon for 40 euros (Here in our online store), we will ship it to you free of charge in a plastic-free package and give 20 euros to the Foundation for Antarctic Research to help them learn more about the Albatross. The funds will be used to buy bird tags for the albatrosses on Diego Ramirez to study the overlap of the bird's feeding areas with the fishing areas.
Albatrosses is a twice-monthly comic strip I draw about a somewhat unusual colony of albatrosses lost somewhere in the South Pacific. Its aim is to reveal the plight of the albatross to everyone using wit and humor, promoting a better understanding of the need to save the albatross along with the panda.
Help me Save the Albatross,
Marc Parchow
photo by Herma van Gerner
- Buy the Albatrosses Prints HERE to help save the albatross.
- If you have any question you can contact me at marc (at)qualalbatroz (dot)pt
- And If you want to know more about the Foundation and the Diego Ramirez project, please mail Sandra Birnhak at birnhardt (at)aol (dot)com
15 October 2013
Darth Vader Poop
Star Wars Poop? Sadly, plastic bits in albatross faeces is not such a rare thing. That's plastic polution for you. Please reuse your plastic bags.
1 October 2013
15 September 2013
1 September 2013
15 August 2013
1 August 2013
15 July 2013
1 July 2013
Three Wise Albatrosses
An Albatrosses T-shirt? What do you think?
Oh, and here is a bit of a Making of, just for you.
21 June 2013
What Way to Bloom County
Opus the Penguin from Bloom County visits our Albatrosses.
Today,21 of June 2013 is Bloom County's creator, Berkeley Breathed's 56th birthday.
Happy Birthday and thanks for all the laughs and ideas.
1 June 2013
Mouse Predation
We are not in Kansas anymore. Mouse predation is a real problem and you can learn more on the ACAP (Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels) site right Here!
15 May 2013
The Redneck Albatross
Some of you might not know what Tipping Penguins means, right? Well, It's like cow-tipping, but with penguins it's more fun, because they slide farther.
1 May 2013
Learn new words with Albatrosses.
15 April 2013
Whooping Cranes have it worse.
Whooping Cranes have it indeed worse. To learn more about the conservation efforts in place check HERE on the ICF site!
1 April 2013
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