Amazing deep diving by imperial cormorant bird
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 21:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became 'superbird' -- diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds where it eventually caught a snakelike fish, before returning to the surface 40 seconds later.