Interesting. Thanks for posting the link. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful plumage. > > In England all cormorants are property of the Crown, and it's a crime to > creep up behind them with intent to frighten them, as the additional > stress, over and above that caused by knowing you're a cormorant, releases > hormones which spoil the taste of their flesh. > > This law was enacted in 1342 as a result of the disastrous lamprey > shortages of previous decades caused by the lamprey pogroms that followed > the unfortunate death of Henry I. Cormorants replaced lampreys as the dish > of choice on royal tables. > > Curiously the text of this law states that you must not 'ycreepit unto > them neither upon ye land nor yet 'neath Poseidon's murky realm', which > suggests that the medieval cormoranters were fully aware of these sublime > creatures' aural distinction. > > As the pogrommers turned their attention to more traditional and easier > targets the lamprey population grew, and cormorant over-easy fell out of > favour. Instead of eating them, the bored English nobility took to baiting > them, by forcing them to wrestle with swans in disused real tennis courts. > Fearing revolution, for the peasantry saw this as a waste of two good > sources of both food and fertiliser, the aristocracy kept this so-called > sport secret, and even today it's said that Prince Harry is a great > devotee. His favourite fighting cormorant is called Pippa, reputedly, > because in the Prince's own words "It's the best shag I've ever had, ya". > > > > > On 12 May 2017, at 23:24, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2017/05/study-finds- > great-cormorants-can-hear-underwater-as-well-as-whales > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
