"Everyone has probably seen videos of fish-catching waterbirds like ospreys, cormorants, and egrets, right?"
"They usually catch fish with great skill and elegance, but Skimmer Gulls are different."
When it came to foraging, they were just as lazy as kakapos.
To show the viewers, Lin Xuan walked toward the Skimmer Gull.
When he approached it, the bird neither fled nor showed any fear.
That suited its lazy nature perfectly.
He flicked some water onto the Skimmer Gull, forcing it to take flight.
The moment it took off, Lin Xuan guided the drone after its soaring figure, maintaining a certain distance as he filmed.
To be honest, although the Skimmer Gull had looked rather foolish while squatting there just now, it looked pretty cool in flight, with its black wings spread straight out as it glided steadily through the air.
But as the saying went, it could not stay cool for more than three seconds.
After circling twice in the air, the Skimmer Gull began lowering its altitude until it was gradually flying parallel to the water's surface.
Then, before everyone's stunned eyes, it opened its enormous underbite and plunged the lower half of its beak into the lake, continuing to fly.
The once-calm lake surface was soon carved with one "crack" after another.
(Seeing this, I'm a little confused. Is this some long-lost technique?)
(Lake water: "No! I'm cracking apart!")
(What is it doing? Is it catching food? It can hunt like that?)
(I thought of an advertisement where the male lead says to a piece of chocolate, "Get into my bowl.")
(Is this Skimmer Gull also telling the fish, "Get into my mouth"?)
(Haha, this is way too funny.)
"Yes, it really is hunting."
Lin Xuan smiled slightly and explained, "Other waterbirds focus on locking onto their target and