Some meals are just worth the extra effort

By adamg on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 4:26pm

Mary Ellen was down by the Charles River at Millennium Park this morning and watched a great blue heron enjoy a fresh catfish meal. It took the bird a half hour to subdue and finally consume the entire large fish, she reports.

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Clever girl

By Angry Dan
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 4:57pm

Grateful that evolution didn't make the herons larger.

Look up Quetzalcoatlus if you

By pmd
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 9:38pm

Look up Quetzalcoatlus if you're prepared to never think of wading birds as cute again.

Fresh sushi

By BobGoblin
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 5:04pm

Is the best sushi!
Mary Ellen’s photos are delightful.

agreed

By Lisfnord
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 5:53pm

she's my hero

Yes

By eeka
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 1:14pm

I don't even like birds*, but I love Mary Ellen's photos.

*buncha fuckin terrorists

Remember when Bojack Horseman

By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 5:50pm

Went under the sea for the film festival, and had to wear an apparatus? Why didn't the catfish director also have to wear that? He's not a saltwater fish.

Saltwater catfish species

By MC Slim JB
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 10:18pm

do exist. But you're essentially right: BoJack Horseman does take some liberties with zoology. Don't get me started on the dubious science in SpongeBob SquarePants. To quote one great scholar on the subject, "Is our children learning?"