Black Crake (Limnocorax flavirostra). Long legs and toes being used to stride across water surface using waterlily leaves (Nymphaea nouchali caerulea)

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Black Crake (Limnocorax flavirostra). Long legs and toes being used to stride across water surface using waterlily leaves (Nymphaea nouchali caerulea), as stepping points. Okavango Delta. Botswana. Africa.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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