763. Do the precocial young of water birds have to
be taught to swim? Swimming with
these birds is an instinctive act. A young
black guillemot that has hatched under rocks in a place where it is impossible to see the ocean will, when the time
comes, scramble over and in between the rocks and enter the pounding surf without fear, swimming and
diving
with superb skill.
Text: 1001 Questions Answered About Birds by Allan D. Cruickshank and Helen G. Cruickshank
(Toronto, General Publishing
Company, 1958).
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