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filthyphil: Night Fisherman For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern China have partnered with cormorants to catch fish. Each fisherman has a complement of half a dozen or so trained birds. The light of a lantern attracts the fish, and the cormorants return to the boat, fish in beak. They can’t swallow them because the fisherman fix a band around their necks, but they eventually get their share.

filthyphil:

Night Fisherman
  • For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern China have partnered with cormorants to catch fish. Each fisherman has a complement of half a dozen or so trained birds. The light of a lantern attracts the fish, and the cormorants return to the boat, fish in beak. They can’t swallow them because the fisherman fix a band around their necks, but they eventually get their share.
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    Gorgeous photo. lafuguedantoine:...For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern...
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    I’ve seen them do this in North Vietnam on the Bạch Đằng River — but was another life and this photo reminds me of the...
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    At first exciting, But soon sad - Cormorant fishing - Matsuo Basho
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    For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern China have partnered with cormorants to catch fish. Each fisherman...
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