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Avid Participants In The Culture Of Cormorant Wrestling, Young Cormorants Can Often Be Found Setting

Avid Participants In The Culture Of Cormorant Wrestling, Young Cormorants Can Often Be Found Setting

Avid participants in the culture of Cormorant Wrestling, young Cormorants can often be found setting up impromptu no-holds-barred matches. Though there is a vocal minority of critics who decry this style as a pale imitation of Backyard Wrestling, the unique adaptations to non-human physioloy and unusual environs are plain to see. Above, a young Cormorant executes a corkscrew aerial body press during a Cliff match (a variant on a Ladder match utilizing natural terrain).

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