Great Cormorant
Do you know why a cormorant dries its feathers so often ?
Well, the cormorant does not have such a good water-repellent fat layer as most other water birds.
That is why the cormorant has to sit in the sun to dry with spread wings after a dive in the water.
That sounds strange to a water bird : a plumage that does not repel water as well.
But this disadvantage is also an advantage.
Because this bird can stay under water longer, without the upward pressure (of a water-repellent plumage) the animal would work upwards.
Dutch name : Aalscholver
German name : Kormoran
Latin name : Phalacrocorax carbo
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for the nomination of this picture for the German gallery.
Francisco José Chapela Posse 28. Januar 2020, 12:21
Bella. ¡¡¡Mark Billiau. 12. November 2019, 7:19
@Everybody who voted pro : thanks a lot and of course an extra thanks to de ceulaer for the nomination of this picture !Mark
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