Martha Yee <myee_at_UCLA.EDU> writes:
...When I got home, I typed in to Google's famous search box
"what do coots eat?" The reply that came back was a web site
entitled "What do eagles eat?" In the list of eagle edibles
was coots.
In LCSH, the heading Coots--Food would give you perfect recall
and precision for monographs wholly about what coots eat, if
there were any....
Unfortunately, Google undermines your argument. For a Google
search on "coots food" the first hit is:
American Coot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Coot foraging for food. American Coot foraging for food.
These birds can dive for food but can also forage on land. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot - 26k - Cached - Similar pages -
From the Wikipedia article:
They are omnivorous, eating plant material, insects, fish, and
other aquatic animals.
Not that I consider Wikipedia an authoritative source...
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Received on Wed Jan 30 2008 - 08:34:13 EST