Fish-catching cormorants at the Hippodrome
Four cormorants, brought from China to appear at the London Hippodrome in 1905. Their act consisted of retrieving fish thrown into the water tank and when a large trout was put in, the cormorants assisted each other in pulling it from the water
Picture No
12907099
Media ID
46125451
Size
3892px x 5864px
(4.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photographs by Campbell & Gray in The Tatler', 29 November 1905, page 317
Date
1905
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