Bird Catching Fish Underwater

This was taken in plymouth massachusetts. Watch what happens when a giant trevally versus an tern in this amazing fish eats bird clip from blue planet ii.

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Fishing with birds is an old tradition since ancient times in china cormorants have been tamed and trained to catch and bring back fish to.

Bird catching fish underwater. There are many different species of cormorants. Expert swimmers cormorants pursue fish underwater. While the practice has become a popular tourist attraction it has also invited controversy.

The method is not as common today since more efficient methods of catching fish have been developed but is still practiced as a cultural tradition. With the gopro mounted to railblaza camera boom i was able to capture this cool footage underwater. While fishing recently i got among a flock of shearwater birds feeding on bait fish.

Watch this amazing bird swim underwater chase a fish and then catch it. This birds body is built for impact air sacs and fat provide a cushion every time one hits the water. They can even swallow their seafood meal on the way back up if they want to avoid a fish fueled fight.

When the bird returns to the fishermans raft the fisherman helps the bird to remove the fish from its throat. In folklore literature and art. Usually giant trevally are solitary hunters but they have come in numbers to try.

With a quick underwater wing flap they can dive to depths of over 40 feet. These birds live near the ocean and spend their days diving underwater to catch fish to eat. Cormorants are good swimmers underwater but they are not the most adept flyers.

More likely youve seen them standing around on shore holding their wings out to their side. Seabird mortality caused by long line fisheries can be greatly reduced by techniques such as setting long line bait at night dying the bait blue setting the bait underwater increasing the amount of weight on lines and by using bird scarers and their deployment is increasingly required by many national fishing fleets. Ukai an ancient japanese fishing method that uses birds to catch fish has been around for 1300 years.

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