Like spaghetti
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- October
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Sucking down an eel, I’m thinking, is like sucking down a giant piece of spaghetti. But then I wouldn’t know, since I’m not this great egret that was trying to have eel for one. 
I spotted him during my recent visit to Cape May. I’m not sure if he ever finished his meal. After struggling for a bit and trying to swallow the fish (The birds have a long straight bill, better for plucking fish from the shallows and just swallowing them. There’s usually no biting or ripping of flesh involved.), he flew off with it for a bit of privacy, I’m thinking.
Here’s a video I found of a great blue heron swallowing an eel.
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