> The Everglades Kite, and endangered species, does the same thing with > apple > snails. The apple snail is a large freshwater snail with a rather > thick > shell. The kite drops them on hard objects to break the shell. I > remember > reading of other birds who do similar things with shellfish. I'm sure > there's a shorebird that does this with clams or something. Does > anyone > remember? It'll drive me crazy until I do. > [>] Seagulls do this. I had never heard of crows or other birds doing it before. > I wonder how they discovered the process too. Was it an accident that > ended up getting a good result? The positive feedback from that > accident > [>] I wonder how sea otters figured out how to bring a rock up from the bottom and bang shell fish to get them open. I don't think that was an accident. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 15 1998 - 12:31:37 PDT
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