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Internet loses it over this oh-so-adorable clip of a gay albatross ‘meet cute’
Frozen Planet II aired its latest episode on Sunday.With pitch-perfect narration from the incomparable David Attenborough, the show profiled the mating habits of the Antipodean wandering albatross.Related: WATCH: Gay nature lover has hilariously close call with BuffaloThe species mates for life, and the process of finding a partner can take years. Frozen Planet II honed in one one mature male’s search for love on a small island.While attempting to win a female’s favor, the albatross was challenged by another male. The female was not about it, and flew off.“It seems that this is not going to be his year after all,” Attenborough said.But then the cameras captured a plot twist: the male found a second potential partner — another male this time — and started the complex mating ritual over again.It got pretty cute:Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to this love story.