every swamp is a fashion runway if you have the right attitude nature's lesson #68: if you're going to stand in the mud, you might as well wear your best suit; so says the swamphen (porphyrio melanotus)or pūkeko View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize the swamphen has mastered the ultimate wetland life hack: the prehensile foot to allow it to manipulate items for food - a rare activity for birds to have this level of "hand-to-mouth" coordination
