I imagine the underwater-staying power of a coot is severely
diminished when it's in a panic state and stuggling against a
predator, vs. simply diving for food.

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com

At 11:15 PM 3/1/2008, you wrote:

>Bill Clemons wrote:
>>The Otter stayed under until the Coot was presumably drowned, and then
>>the Otter surfaced, moved out of the water onto the dike and took the
>>Coot to lunch. Clay said that when the Otter finished its lunch, there
>>were only wings and feet left.
>>
>I wonder whether the otter passively drowned the coot or actively
>killed it under water. Anyone know the relative
>underwater-staying-power of otter as compared to coot?
>
>Dale