Downy young swamphen eating a snail

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Downy young swamphen eating a snail

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Subject:	Downy young swamphen eating a snail
From:	Wallaces <>
Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2016 03:42:27 +0000

Recently, a downy young swamphen showed great skill extracting a snail from its shell and eating it. I have seen swamphens eat a lot of things but this is the first time I have seen them extract and eat a snail.

Steve

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