THE SXAKE-miU) UNDER WATER 



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it can pursue and capture live fish under water i> enough to 

 strike terror to the hearts <>f finny folk. The bird swims with 

 a sharp kink in its neck 3 driving forward by powerful strokes 



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of its cup-shaped feel. On overtaking a fish lln v kink in its 

 neck flies straight, and like the stab of a swift dagger the 

 finny victim is transfixed. Then the bird rises t<> the surfa< 

 for it is unable to swallow its food underwater tosses I li«- fish 

 into the air, catches it head first and in an instant it is gone. 



