Picture No | 12907099 |
Date | 1905 |
Description | Fish-catching cormorants at the Hippodrome |
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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.
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Source | Photographs by Campbell & Gray in 'The Tatler', 29 November 1905, page 317 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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