Photo: Yon Itap / EPA
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) snatches a fish (above) at Nambae Stream in the city of Gangneung, in South Korea. Osprey are also known as sea hawks, river hawks and fish hawks. It is an amazing wonder of the natural world how this bird came to the decision that food in the water was preferable to food on land. While the Osprey is highly specialized at catching and eating fish, it will, if need be, eat small mammals, birds or reptiles, which makes it fortuitously omnivorous. Yes it is true that Ospreys almost always carry their catches head-forward. Try holding a wet fish by its tail.
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