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How do kingfishers, cormorants and herons eat their fish?
Very well observed! This way they avoid that the fish bones in the neck of the animals get twisted. You wonder why kingfishers sometimes carry the fish the other way round in their beaks? These are carried to the young birds so that they can swallow the food the right way round.
Wrong! They swallow it with the head first. This way they avoid the fish bones in their throat to get stuck. You wonder why kingfishers sometimes carry the fish the other way round in their beaks? These are carried to the young birds so that they can swallow the food the right way round.
