the mistake of a swimming cormorant

(2.2MB, 00:00:18)
Shot Date: 2004/06/06
Shot Location: Hamanaka ,Hokkaido, Japan

species
Phalacrocorax capillatus

Key Words
Temminck's cormorant（Japanese Cormorant）
mistake
swimming



Y, Kobayashi et al.
2004/12/16 submitted


Animalia >Chordata >Aves >Pelecaniformes >Phalacrocoracidae >Phalacrocorax >
or
Animalia >Chordata >Aves >Suliformes >Phalacrocoracidae >Phalacrocorax >

The main habitat of the Temminck's cormorants is shore reef zone and its species is good swimmers and divers. However,they make mistake sometimes, too.
In this movie, a cormorant lands on kelps ("Konbu") surrounding a rock and catches its legs on kelps. Because they swim and dive by them legs, the physical hindrances for legs cause a decline in swimming and diving performance immediately. Shooting on this movie was at low tide and the greater part of kelps drifted in the sea surface.

(Data No.momo041216pc01b)

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