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What is the species that helped Brian think about the fish in the lake in Chapter 11?

I'm not so sure what it means and it has me confused.

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The species of bird that made Brian think of fish was the kingfisher.

Sitting on one limb was a blue bird with a crest and sharp beak, a kingfisher—he thought of a picture he had seen once—which left the branch while he watched and dove into the water. It emerged a split part of a second later. In its mouth was a small fish, wiggling silver in the sun. It took the fish to a limb, juggled it twice, and swallowed it whole. Fish. Of course, he thought. There were fish in the lake and they were food. And if a bird could do it...

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