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Well, sailors often saw an albatross as an ill omen. They were thought to represent a coming storm and killing one was supposed to bring bad luck. Despite of this it was common for sailors to kill and feed on them during long trecks at sea. In an epic poem written by Coleridge a sailor kills an albatross and is punished by having an albatross hanging on his neck. One of the more popular myths is that an albatross was a manifestation of the soul of a drowned sailor.

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