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Fishing is for the Birds: Unlocking Ukai
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Cormorants are masters of fishing. They watch and wait for their prey, and at the right moment, dive underwater, propelling themselves with their wings and feet, and catch their meal.
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Ukai fishermen keep and train these birds, living and working with them day in and day out.
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Ukai fishing takes place during the twilight hours, only illuminated by pine torches lit on the long wooden boats. Fishermen are followed into the water by about a dozen birds.
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A leash-like snare is tied near the base of the bird’s throat, not to harm them, but to only allow small fish to be swallowed. Larger catches are caught and then retrieved from the cormorant’s mouth by the fisherman.
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Believe it or not, each cormorant can hold up to six fish in its throat at a time!
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Florida’s Saltwater Brewery Has Created Edible Six-Pack Rings
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In an effort to save the 100,000+ sea animals harmed by plastic six-pack rings each year, Saltwater Brewery invented rings that are edible and just as strong as plastic.
Saltwater Brewery is a Florida-based brewery started by surfers and ocean enthusiasts.
Plastic debris kills an estimated 100,000 marine mammals annually.
Most people think cutting the rings is enough, but animals also eat the plastic.
To combat this longstanding problem, Saltwater Brewery engineered edible six-pack rings.
The rings are made of barley and wheat that’s already a part of the brewing process.
Saltwater Brewing is hoping that more beer companies will use the rings in the future.
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Source: Florida’s Saltwater Brewery Has Created Edible Six-Pack Rings
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