Birds Making the Most out of a Pike’s Carcass

This image, while gnarly, backs up Dr. Ian Malcom’s sentiments in “Jurassic Park” that life will always find a way. A flock of birds converted a northern pike’s carcass into their nest. It leaves you wondering how the pike ended up impaled in the tree. Perhaps it happened when flooding occurred or the carnivorous predator simply leaped out of the water to its death.

Pikes are agile and excellent swimmers. On average, they swim between 8 to 10 miles per hour. They are also masters of camouflage thanks to their uncanny ability to stay perfectly still, when hunting prey, for lengthy periods. They prey on worms, small fish, frogs, and just about anything else that moves.