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The Albatross
Albatrosses are very large seabirds in the family Diomedeidae. They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. ... Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and species of the genus Diomedea (great albatrosses) have the longest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 3.7 m (12 ft).
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The duo are so at ease in each other's company that George regularly nuzzles Shandor, lets him kiss his head and rolls over for a belly rub or foot massage.
His first big cat encounter was with a cheetah aged 11 and he has never looked back.
A pair of adorable cheetahs regularly feature on his TikTok videos and Instagram account.
Speaking in 2013, he said: 'A lot of the lions that I work with were born when I started learning, so I've grown up with them.'
Shandor moved to South Africa with his wildlife expert father Alex in 1999 and has certainly inherited his skills.
Shandor, originally from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, now lives in South Africa where he works on a wildlife reserve in Gauteng caring for its animals - including George and his family