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Grandma
Television (Full Length) – 1990
Grandma's fifty-first direct descendant is officially registered as R159. When he leaves the colony in a month's time he will stay at sea for three to five years.– Narrator David Attenborough describes a momentous time in the life of a young albatross
Albatrosses spend 90 percent of their lives at sea, only returning to land to breed. They usually pair for life, although divorce is not uncommon.– Narrator David Attenborough on the love lives of the royal albatross
While Grandma was being banded in 1937, Hitler was preparing to dominate Europe, and by 1940 Taiaroa Head was ready for the Second World War...– Narrator David Attenborough puts Grandma's long life into context
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