[texbirds] Re: Living Dinosaurs Feeding Frenzy

  • From: Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: MBB22222@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:08:33 -0500

I have always felt that Brown Pelicans supplied the inspiration for Klingon 
Battle Cruisers ;-)

Dan Smith
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On Mar 19, 2013, at 2:38 PM, MBB22222@xxxxxxx wrote:

> From all living dinosaur descendants (birds) Brown Pelicans look the most  ‘
> prehistoric’ to me. And here they are during incredible feeding frenzy 
> catching  and swallowing all fishes they can get that were trapped inside the 
> canal during  incoming tide. I know that most people prefer to look at still 
> photos but in  this case photos could not possibly show the true action that 
> only motion  picture can. It is a little lengthy video but the first part 
> (showing the action  in normal motion) is only one and half minute long. 
> These 
> who want to see  incredible details of pelican body movements during dive 
> and plunge might want  to watch another 10 minutes (or part of it) shown in 
> slow motion. So even if you  usually do not watch video clips give this one a 
> try and, I hope, it will be fun  to watch at least the first, short part. I 
> already watched it a few times and  still keep getting amused.  
> 
> _http://youtu.be/M9JE7T_b1WY_ (http://youtu.be/M9JE7T_b1WY) 
> 
> Mark B Bartosik
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