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Hooded Merganser Male with Crayfish


Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:07 pm

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Arboretum, Arcadia, California. Three pairs have been there for about 3 weeks now. I assume they'll leave once there are no Crayfish left
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Makes you wonder how they eat a crayfish that size.
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:07 pm
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Axel Hildebrandt wrote: Makes you wonder how they eat a crayfish that size.
They shake the heck out of them and somehow get rid of the two large pincers and then swallow it whole 
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