“A team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the NationalResearch Council of Argentina recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became “superbird” – diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds where it eventually caught a snakelike fish, before returning to the surface 40 seconds later(…) This information will help identify priority feeding areas to help design new protected areas and to understand environmental conditions that affect cormorant populations.”
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Fonte: TerraDaily, 1 de Agosto de 2012
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