Great Cormorant catches and eats a huge Carp (actually a Tench)

The Great Cormorant catches and eats a huge Carp in The Netherlands. (A aalscholver in Dutch) Cormorant vs carp! [learned from a comment that it was actually a Tench. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench ] Looking for great fishing gear yourself? Check out this cool carp fishing rod!
https://amzn.to/3pD3x84 Was checking out the swan nest and eggs when I heard a huge commotion on the water. It was a Great Cormorant vs a Carp. It was a large #carp, looked healthy too. The #Cormorant won the battle and after about 5 minutes and several attempts to position the large fish just right to swallow, he finally slid it down the hatch. Problem is, you can see in the HD video images that the fish is stuck in is throat and the bird has a large bulge in his neck, where the carp is. Not sure if this is common, but must be.

#birdsofprey #hunting #fishing #outdoors #aalscholver

I found this, for I thought for a while there that the carp would escape due to a tiring Cormorant. And noticed that the carp had scars and puncture wounds from the sharp beek and mouth of the skilled hunter or fisher:

"Cormorants can also damage and scar fish, especially larger specimens which they catch but are unable to swallow. This damage increases …” Read full: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/cormorants/Cormorant-Fish-Fisheries.htm

On that same link, some other interesting info about this bird:

"Cormorant species are native to every continent in the world, other than Antarctica, and in Europe they are one of the most widely studied of all wild birds. Across Europe, there have been large increases in the numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo over the past 30 to 40 years. Cormorants are now thought to be more numerous in Europe than ever before"

Was really an amazing sight to see, such a large bird with a chunky carp, a fish almost as long as the bird of prey itself! Great Cormorant eats large carp fish.

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