article_snippet.sent: The men, pictured in southern China, release a cormorant bird, which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp, returning the water to fisherman in China's reed raft.
article_snippet.sent: In the morning the fishermen in the town go to a river and let the cormorants go.
article_snippet.sent: The birds are very hungry and dive into the water to catch big carp.'
article_snippet.sent: A man releases a cormorant bird, which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp, returning the water to the fisherman's reed raft .
article_snippet.sent: the fishermen in the town quite literally just take a carp right out of the bird's mouth after the hungry animals return with the hungry animals haul .
article_snippet.sent: the cormorants then return to the surface of the water, and the fishermen in the town take the fish right out the bird's beak,' Rogotneva added.
article_snippet.sent: To control the birds, the fishermen in the town tie a ring near the base of the bird's throat, which prevents the fishermen in the town from swallowing any large fish, but allows the fishermen in the town to eat smaller fish with no discomfort.
article_snippet.sent: the fishermen in the town bring up the birds from when the fishermen in the town are tiny chicks, so the cormorant is more of a pet than a hunter .
article_snippet.sent: Rogotneva said: 'the fishermen in the town bring up the fishermen in the town birds from when the fishermen in the town are very small chicks, so you can almost call the cormorant a pet, like you would a dog. '
article_snippet.sent: Every fisherman just catches as much as he needs for he family and his family are never greedy. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Elderly fishermen in Guilin, China, keep the unusual, ancient tradition of cormorant bird fishing alive .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The bird, which Elderly fishermen in Guilin, China have often raised from a chick, dives into the water and retrieves a carp for the water owner .
  