Terrified fish takes last gasp as kingfisher snaps up its supper
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 18th, 2009 | no responses
If fish could speak, this little fellow would no doubt be saying his prayers (between gulps).
Clamped in the beak of a kingfisher, he has only moments to live before a final journey down the predator’s throat.
This was the climax of a thrilling sequence of action captured on camera by wildlife photographer Ilia Shalamaev.
Perched on a branch above the rushes, the bird waited patiently before spotting its prey below the surface.
‘The kingfisher swooped down like a rocket and snatched it,’ said Mr Shalamaev. ‘He flew up and landed on the same perch again with the fish in his beak. Then he turned it round and ate it, head first.’
The pictures were taken at a lake near Rishon LeZion in Israel.
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