Kormoran połyka rybę

This cormorant shows off its fishing skills as it gulps down a large fish. The unfortunate snow pleco fish was spotted meeting its demise by Peter Batty in the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands. The 60 year old software executive said, “I was out on a small boat in the wetlands when I spotted this cormorant wrestling the fish.” “It was such a large fish that the cormorant had to throw it into the air several times as it tried to catch it so it could swallow it.” “It eventually succeeded in swallowing it! It’s so impressive how they can swallow such large fish like this one.” Please byline: Peter Batty/Solent News © Peter Batty/Solent News & Photo Agency UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 *** Local Caption *** I'm following up on a previous thread about a jaguar and a caiman - this time with some pictures of a Neotropic Cormorant about to swallow a Snow Pleco fish in the Pantanal in Brazil, taken on 7 September 2024, which Andrew expressed interest in. I have uploaded a fairly long sequence (and the ones here are part of an even longer sequence!). Of course feel free to choose what you think is a reasonable subset. I named my favourite with the prefix "best" so it should appear first on the list. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RgD9hgQNYVOj0FlrFzupadPORed1yhtu?usp=drive_link We were out on a small boat in the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil when we spotted this cormorant wrestling with the fish. The fish was quite large for it to swallow, and it threw it into the air several times in succession, trying to catch it in such a way that it could swallow it. As you can see from the final pictures, it succeeded in swallowing it eventually! My favorite thing about these shots ... I have taken a lot of images of birds catching fish over the years, and this is probably the best sequence I have captured. A lot of things combine for that, including being able to get close enough to the action, the angle of both the bird and the fish, the way that the light is falling on them and catching in their eyes in many of the shots, small details like drops of water, and having an exotic looking fish that you don't often see. This throwing behavior is fairly common as the bird tries to get the fish in a position where it can swallow it. It is impressive how they can swallow such large fish!! It is now Software executive Peter Batty, 60 ...