Day 12 Longreach Waterhole -- Hardhead hard swallow
The following images show a female Hardhead eating a snail. This was the fourth snail I saw her eat/swallow and it was the biggest yet.
She was just a few metres from the shore. She would dive [Hardheads are Australia's only diving duck] down and bring up a snail, flick it around in her beak and swallow. This set of images are of her fourth catch and it proved to be a bit bigger than anticipated.
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| Here we are, caught some more breakfast |
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| Seems to be the right orientation |
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| Just give it a wash |
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| Perhaps I'll just flick it around a bit. |
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| Aahh. That's better. Bound to go down easy now. |
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| Gulp ! |
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| Gulp !! |
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| Oops. Seems a bit big. |
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| Gag. Move tongue to help swallow. Gulp !!! |
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| Gravity! Help! Gulp !!!! |
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| Great. Past my tongue. |
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| Argh. That's better. No-one can see I've had a mouthful !!!!! |
Magic. Just have to be there!
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