Pelican uses ingenious hunting technique to catch fish
- 2 months ago
A video shows a pelican using an ingenious hunting technique to catch fish.
The video, filmed in Sichuan, China, shows the huge bird poised still on a rock with its beak spread wide open in the water, waiting for its prey to swim into its mouth.
It only takes a few seconds before a fish swims directly swims into the pelican's mouth.
Satisfied with its catch, the pelican tips its head back and swallows the fish whole.
The video was filmed on February 16.
The video, filmed in Sichuan, China, shows the huge bird poised still on a rock with its beak spread wide open in the water, waiting for its prey to swim into its mouth.
It only takes a few seconds before a fish swims directly swims into the pelican's mouth.
Satisfied with its catch, the pelican tips its head back and swallows the fish whole.
The video was filmed on February 16.