Biting off more than he can chew
July 12th, 2011
This Great Blue Heron looked mighty proud of himself having caught a large catfish...until it occurred to him that he was going to have to swallow it. I watched him struggle with the thing for upward of fifteen minutes.
The final picture looks like success but wasn't--it managed to flop its way back out of his mouth! When I left he had the thing sitting on shore, apparently waiting for it to die so it would go down without a fight.
July 12th, 2011
This Great Blue Heron looked mighty proud of himself having caught a large catfish...until it occurred to him that he was going to have to swallow it. I watched him struggle with the thing for upward of fifteen minutes.
The final picture looks like success but wasn't--it managed to flop its way back out of his mouth! When I left he had the thing sitting on shore, apparently waiting for it to die so it would go down without a fight.
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Mike
July 13th, 2011 at 7:27 am
I guess birds' digestive systems can handle not chewing their food!