qT=1&tQ=In order to take flight from land, albatrosses must...&tC=run down a long 'runway' with their wings extended.|flap their wings vigorously until the wind picks up.|jump into the air while flapping powerfully.|sprinkle pixie dust on their feathers.&cC=1&fB=Despite the albatross' remarkable grace and agility in the air, their take-offs are shockingly clumsy. On land, they must run, wings out, down a long 'runway' on the windiest part of the island.<br><br>When they are going fast enough, they flap their wings a few times and are lifted into the air by the wind. When they land on water, they must ski to a halt on their webbed feet, and often topple foward comically in the process.