Dawn of the Planet of the Seagulls: Winged menace attempts to swallow a rat whole as people watch in horror – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Dawn of the Planet of the Seagulls: Winged menace attempts to swallow a rat whole as people watch in horror




Photo credit Nic Hitchens

The seagull menace has just risen to an entirely new level, as a wayward member of the species attempted to swallow a rat whole in front of horrified onlookers.

The grim spectacle took place on a packed metro platform in Bristol, UK, yesterday morning during rush hour.

A bunch of seagulls were battling a rival flock of crows for a rat’s corpse. The birds pulled and drag the rodent around, until one of the seagulls caught it in its beak and attempted to swallow it whole.

The creature managed to ingest it up to the tail, but the food item proved too large to take all the way. The seagull took flight with the rodent lodged in its mouth, chased by other birds.

Seagull armies are currently on the offensive here in Ireland, and an exclusion zone has been declared around certain areas of the capital where seagull activity is particularly intense.

So far, seagull raiders have demolished a school and denied humans the use of local beer gardens.

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