Re: Athletic Performances

[Shane Leuck <s.leuck@TST-MedHat.com>]

jamolnar@juno.com wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:48:36 -0400 "Ray McAllister" <mcallist@gate.net>
> writes:
> >Maybe I should keep quiet but the loons and grebes do a great job
> >underwater. One went by me while I was scuba diving and it was as fast
> >or
> >faster than the fish it was chasing (and eating). I suspect that there
> >are
> >several birds (uh, I mean avian dinos) that are fantastically at home
> >swimming!
> 
> I would include puffins, guillemots, murres, and mergansers, as well.
> 

I guess we should include the cormorant here. They are fantastic
swimmers and easily outswim the fish they catch. Brandt's cormorants
have been caught in fishing nets set 50 metres (165 feet) and deeper.
Two species, the Great Cormorant and the Japanese Cormorant, are trained
by fisherman to capture fish and return. 
Regards,
Shane Leuck
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