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The Winged Fishing Creature

The Osprey is a fish hawk. Flying slowly over vast stretches of water at a height of 30 to 150 feet the osprey looks for its prey. It is not interested in small fishes which it cannot hold in its claws. Nor does it go for a big fish which it might not be able to carry.
The moment it spots a medium-sized fish the osprey dives straight down or at an angle. It hits water with its feet extended. It takes only a couple of seconds to grasp its prey and take off again. The fish is dead by the time the osprey settles down on high ground for its leisurely meal.

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Last updated on :1/30/2006

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User's Comments

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Carolina: Please help the pandas because I love them a lot I know that peolple did'nt care about them. People cut down trees for farms and and now there is no more bamboo as it was.

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