Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Green Bee-eater


Green Bee-eater, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

Via Flickr:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bee-eater

From wikipedia: bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and ants, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before swallowing prey, a bee-eater removes stings and breaks the exoskeleton of the prey by repeatedly thrashing it on the perch.

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