This little African Jacana chick is busy learning how to feed itself, copying its dad in pursuit of insects and larvae, worms, snails, molluscs and crustaceans,
spiders and some seeds. It gleans its prey from the surface and will learn how to catch flying insects.
The African Jacana favours the freshwater wetlands
with floating vegetation - here we see it walking on lilypads - it is able to move easily thanks to its long legs and very long toes.
I know a few people with VERY long toes, but unfortunately they are too heavy to walk on lily pads....LOL!
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