Season 5 · Episode 229
Cormorants
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles · Scott Monty & Burt Wolder
May 19, 202119m 33s
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Show Notes
"the whole story concerning the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant" [VEIL]
There is one scant mention of a cormorant in the Sherlock Holmes stories — in one of Watson's enticing throwaway lines of a case which we'll never read. In "The Veiled Lodger," he tells us about the case involving a trained cormorant that might be revealed to the public.
But what is a cormorant? Can it really be trained? It's the third week of the month, and that means we discuss exotic animals in the Canon. It's just a Trifle.
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- Stunning images of Chinese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish (The Atlantic)
- More photos of cormorants catching fish (Arkin Space)
- Not mentioned in the episode, but The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on Radio 4 featured this untold tale.