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In the wild, they feast gregariously in shallow waters, encircling shoals of small fish, scooping them up in their pouches.
ECONOMIST: Eating as much as their belly can
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As a traditional feast got under way, with festival organisers baking enough fish to feed 1, 500, a makeshift community sprang up: an accordion band played under a gazebo, families sold empanadas, Corona and Sprite from the back of their Jeeps, and kids played Polynesian pop music through portable speakers.
BBC: Easter Island��s greatest festival
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The bigger the flood, the greater the feast on offer, and so the fatter and more numerous the fish.
ECONOMIST: The Mekong river