A battle to the death. A hungry eagle and a cormorant fight for prey: a photographer captured a real "action" in Cherkasy
A real feathered battle to the death broke out on a pond in Cherkasy: a hungry white-tailed eagle and a cormorant fought for prey. Unfortunately, the bird drama ended tragically.
During the fight, the eagle inflicted deep wounds on the cormorant's neck, which caused it to die the next day, photographer Oleksandr Riznyk, who recorded the desperate battle, wrote on Facebook. In a comment to OBOZ.UA, the researcher clarified that the spectacular drama took place over the Dnipro River.
An eagle attacked a cormorant.
Source: facebook.com/Alexander Riznyk
The feathered battle attracted the attention of bird lovers. Therefore, Facebook users began to actively discuss Oleksandr Riznyk's post.
"Very spectacular, exciting and dramatic, but I wanted a real happy ending," commented one of the subscribers of the Birds of Ukraine page.
A deep wound on the cormorant's neck caused by the sharp claws of an eagle.
Source: facebook.com/Olexandr Riznyk
"Cormorants are quite fighting birds, they could have fought back or dived away with the whole flock," another subscriber wrote.
The cormorant died of its wounds the next day.
Source: facebook.com/Olexandr Riznyk
"What an action movie! From delight to sympathy... But in nature, a predator is a predator," said a third commenter.
It is true that the white-tailed eagle is one of the largest representatives of birds of prey in Eurasia. Its wingspan reaches 2.5 meters, according to Wikipedia.
His majesty is the white-tailed eagle.
Source: facebook.com/Olexandr Riznyk
According to ornithologists, the white-tailed deer is a predator, carnivore or kleptoparasite that preys on fish, waterfowl, mammals, and also consumes carrion.
White-tailed eagle hunting over the Dnipro River
Source: facebook.com/Olexandr Riznyk
Fish is known to make up about 80% of the eagle's diet. Most often, bream, pike perch, and carp fall into its sharp talons. But among birds, the prey of the white-tailed eagle is mainly mallards, according to nature experts.
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