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The courtship ritual goes like this: male and female stand a few feet apart facing each other. Both swing their necks back and forth as they circle, reposition, and approach. Then they have a harmless little swordfight with their closed bills for a few seconds. The billfight ends with one or both of them opening their bill wide for another few seconds and then clamping it shut. The sound that a waved albatross bill makes when it clamps closed is not unlike a pair of musical wood blocks being hit together. The process repeats.
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