🇫🇮 Lapintiira
🇬🇧 Arctic tern

I’m genuinely wondering howcome these living missiles do not get any neck injuries when plunging headlong to the sea. Haven’t seen any terns using wheelchair so they must know what they are doing

And this was actually the first time I ever saw a tern braking in the air and then flying briefly backwards when he re-positioned himself to align with the target. Spectacular!

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@nofocuzphotos different sea birds have different ways of handling it.

It’s definitely been figured out by evolution. I feel bad for the unlucky few who might not be able to “tell” their tale though.

”Don’t dive into unknown waters” or how they say 😄 Seriously, what I do wonder is how thet are able to estimate the depth of the water at the point where the plunge in. But maybe they somehow are 🙂