Gone Fishing is a photograph by Stefan Carpenter which was uploaded on April 9th, 2013.
Gone Fishing
A cormorant quickly swallowing a fish to avoid marauding brown pelicans.
Title
Gone Fishing
Artist
Stefan Carpenter
Medium
Photograph
Description
A cormorant quickly swallowing a fish to avoid marauding brown pelicans.
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April 9th, 2013
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Comments (3)
Kyle Dig
Oh interesting! That must be some hungry bird! Still, it seems difficult to me that the bird can deal with this large fish! So the bird was actually able to fit that whole thing down its long/skinny throat completely somehow?? I have never witnessed an event like this before. I feel somewhat perplexed over how it actually happens, wouldn't the fish stand a chance of escaping or even damaging (it’s sharp fins, wriggling, biting, etc.) the bird's throat/stomach if eaten in that condition?! It’s hard for me to imagine that the formidable-looking fish (wouldn't the prey also go into a desperate "survival mode" once it realized that it hit the stomach?) doesn't turn around inside the elastic gullet and how the bird can keep down/digest such an object with no issues? I don't have much knowledge about these events and am mostly curious, I appreciate any feedback/explanation. Sorry for all of the questions, have a good week ;)
Kyle Dig
Amazing capture! Still, that looks like a huge fish (do you know what kind?) staring deep down its captor's throat here! So does the bird really managed gulp that whole thing okay? Does the fish put up a good fight, if eaten does the unlucky prey get swallowed wriggling all the way down as well?!
Stefan Carpenter replied:
Thanks for the comment. I didn't get a good chance to identify the fish, or to see much of the action. Brown pelicans were swooping around trying to steal the fish that the cormorants were catching, so it was all that I could do to keep the bird in the frame as it fled. But yes, the bird swallowed it whole, and quite quickly.
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