Smart Bird Fishing

[tufnik]

http://www.mandatory.com/2012/08/27/...#page=1%3Ficid

[chex]

Very cool. I might try that at the BB next time.

[tufnik]

Instead of a rod, you'll need a long pecker

[surfdog]

thats what she said (;

[Yak Fish]

That was the coolest thing I've ever seen a bird do. Who can be the first to find a video of a bird doing that on a kayak?

[jffoley]

Wow, that is brilliant!

Finches do it, too: http://www.arkive.org/woodpecker-fin.../video-08.html

What's next? Termite fishing!?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEDeRJKN0s


And you thought you came here to learn about kayak fishing!

[J.A. Veil]

One of the earliest documented examples of tool use by birds was by Charles Darwin during his famous trip on the HMS Beagle, that lead to him formulating a theory of evolution and natural selection. He visited the Galapagos Island and observed many species of finches that had evolved to fill different ecological niches. Different species developed different shaped beaks and feeding patterns allowing them to exploit less-overlapping food sources.

The woodpecker finch eats insect grubs living in cactus. It compensates for its short tongue by grasping a cactus spine in its beak and prying grubs out of the branch with the cactus spine. The finch then drops the cactus spine and holds it under its foot while eating the grub. The cactus spine is carried from branch to branch for reuse.

Remember that the next time you call someone a "bird brain".

[Yak Fish]

This bird can do what half the people on this board can't