CHANGCHUN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Rare video footage of Chinese mergansers catching fish was captured in northeast China's Jilin Province.
It is an endangered bird species under first-class national protection.
This beautiful and rare waterfowl has been living on the planet for over ten million years. It is called a "living fossil" and it's an indicative species of the wetlands' ecological health.
It is listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list, with Russia's Far East and northeast China officially regarded as the bird's major reproduction bases.
