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|introduction='''Japanese Cormorant''' is a type of [[Friend]] that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game. | |introduction='''Japanese Cormorant''' is a type of [[Friend]] that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game. | ||
|appearance=Japanese Cormorant has iridescent emerald eyes, short mostly white hair with the bangs at the side of her face being black, with orange hair clips holding them in place, and the middlemost bang being yellow, resembling a beak. Both her wings at the top of her head and her bird tail are black in color, with a small metallic green gradient. She wears a white shirt with a black and pine green fur collar and a emerald bow tie, and a black cardigan on top. She wears a circular pine green skirt with two layers, white leggings with a gray gradient and black loafers. | |||
|reallife=Japanese Cormorants are a species of birds that lives on the Pacific coast of Asia, breeding on the corresponding coasts of Russia, North and South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. They are seabirds with long necks and bills, growing to be at about 90 cm in length and their wingspan can reach 140 cm. Their black feathers gives them a sinister look, with iridescent green and bronze feather within them, and thin white feathers that extend out from their head and neck. | |||
Those seabirds nest in groups on rocky coastlines, rarely being found inland. They are carnivore, and feed mainly on fish, which they hunt with great skill by diving underwater and swimming to catch them. Humans have historically exploited those skills, with fishermen training those seabirds to catch fish for them. By tying a rope to the base of the neck, loose enough so that they can only swallow the small ones, the fisherman waits till the bird captures a large fish and then helps them to remove it from their throat, although this or other methods without collars are not as common today, since more efficient methods for catching fish already exist. | |||
|trivia=* One of the places where cormorant fishing can still be seen is in Gifu City, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, where fisherman near the Nagara River have been using this traditional fishing method called "ukai" for over 1300 years. | |||
|reference=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/24/environment/japanese-cormorant/ | |||
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22696799/0 | |||
http://www.unmissablejapan.com/events/ukai | |||
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Revision as of 11:18, 30 July 2017
Japanese Cormorant
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| Romaji | Umiu
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
| Animal Data | |||
| Scientific Name | Phalacrocorax capillatus
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| Distribution | East Asia
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| Diet | Carnivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 4-5 years
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| Read More | Japanese cormorant
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Japanese Cormorant is a type of Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.
Appearance
Japanese Cormorant has iridescent emerald eyes, short mostly white hair with the bangs at the side of her face being black, with orange hair clips holding them in place, and the middlemost bang being yellow, resembling a beak. Both her wings at the top of her head and her bird tail are black in color, with a small metallic green gradient. She wears a white shirt with a black and pine green fur collar and a emerald bow tie, and a black cardigan on top. She wears a circular pine green skirt with two layers, white leggings with a gray gradient and black loafers.
Series Appearances
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In Real Life
Japanese Cormorants are a species of birds that lives on the Pacific coast of Asia, breeding on the corresponding coasts of Russia, North and South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. They are seabirds with long necks and bills, growing to be at about 90 cm in length and their wingspan can reach 140 cm. Their black feathers gives them a sinister look, with iridescent green and bronze feather within them, and thin white feathers that extend out from their head and neck.
Those seabirds nest in groups on rocky coastlines, rarely being found inland. They are carnivore, and feed mainly on fish, which they hunt with great skill by diving underwater and swimming to catch them. Humans have historically exploited those skills, with fishermen training those seabirds to catch fish for them. By tying a rope to the base of the neck, loose enough so that they can only swallow the small ones, the fisherman waits till the bird captures a large fish and then helps them to remove it from their throat, although this or other methods without collars are not as common today, since more efficient methods for catching fish already exist.
Trivia
- One of the places where cormorant fishing can still be seen is in Gifu City, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, where fisherman near the Nagara River have been using this traditional fishing method called "ukai" for over 1300 years.
References
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/24/environment/japanese-cormorant/