MikeDF on Nostr: We marvel at a Great Blue Heron's ability to swallow a young alligator or an ...

We marvel at a Great Blue Heron's ability to swallow a young alligator or an Anaconda's gulping down a Capybara. Saurians accomplish these feats due to their loose vertebral articulations and kinetic skulls (extreme in snakes). But even the Mighty Sparrow (Grenadian or otherwise) possesses these qualities, as this Swamp Sparrow, chugging down a juicy cricket, demonstrates...
Marine Nature Study Area
Oceanside, NY
10/12/24

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