ENTRY DESCRIPTION
For thousands of years, fishermen have used trained cormorants to fish the rivers and lakes of China. They first tie a thread around the necks of the cormorants to prevent them from swallowing the fish they catch, although they can still swallow some smaller fish. When a cormorant catches a fish, the fisherman then brings the bird back to the boat and has it spit the fish up onto the bamboo deck. With no bait, only trust and mutual union between man and bird are formed for a living.

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