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Fun Fact of the Day: The flightless cormorant is unusual among cormorants because it cant fly. However, like all other cormorants, after it takes a plunge into the water to grab prey, the flightless cormorant has to spread its wings out to dry out its feathers in the sun, just like laundry on a clothesline. Thats because feathers on cormorants are not waterproof and cormorants produce very little oil from their preen gland. Its the air thats trapped in their dense plumage, which prevents them from becoming waterlogged. Observe: https://youtube/watch?v=k8OMpfBQR4E
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:27:42 +0000

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