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Cormorant Swallowing a Pike Fish

By Alex in Animal, Pictures on Feb 9, 2008 at 3:48 am



Photo: Stewart Canham

Amateur photographer Stewart Canham snapped this amazing photo of a cormorant swallowing a foot-long pike:

With its rows of needle-sharp teeth, the pike is a feared predator in the water world. But this one hadn’t a hope when a hungry cormorant decided it was supper time. The bird pounced on the foot-long pike with its hooked bill and pulled it to the surface of a lake.

The two antagonists grappled for a few seconds before, in one swift movement, the magnificent bird extended and twisted its neck in preparation for supper. Its highly elastic throat allowed the cormorant to gobble the pike down whole within seconds.

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  1. SiteSeer
    Feb 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    And they called it Deep Throat.

  2. Steve
    Feb 12th, 2008 at 2:09 am

    OWNED!!!

  3. Bob 4Gay
    Oct 6th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    Fuck the pike

  4. Billy bob
    Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    yeah pike suck dude sub bob4gay lol hillarious

  5. Bobby Bill Lem
    Oct 23rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    What up...yup pike do suck. its hella ugly too..haha..

  6. bobbies-lil-cuz
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    yaaaa... fuck pike. im more of a bird guy anyways

  7. someone
    Jan 21st, 2009 at 1:02 am

    pike suck? Did you ever tried to put your hand in to a pike's mouth? try it...

  8. jmakd
    Feb 24th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    chyba chory szczupak, bo ?atwo sie da?!!!

  9. Pike
    Jan 26th, 2010 at 6:06 am

    What he should of done is sold the camera bought a gun and shot the cormorant in the head.
    These birds are killing fish stocks all over the country,and costing fisheries thousands and thousands of pounds yearly.

    Nice pic mind you

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