Pelican swallows pigeon in park
 

[quote:45727]Families and tourists in a London park were left shocked when a pelican picked up and swallowed a pigeon.

The unusual wildlife spectacle in St James's Park was caught on camera by photographer Cathal McNaughton.

He said the Eastern White pelican had the unfortunate pigeon in its beak for more than 20 minutes before swallowing it whole.

An RSPB spokesman said: "It is almost unheard of for a pelican to eat a bird. Their diet should be strictly fish."

Mr McNaughton, from the Press Association, said: "The pelican was on the towpath preening itself, and there were a lot of tourists watching it.

"Then the bird got up and strolled along until it reached one of the pigeons, which it just grabbed in its beak.

"There was a bit of a struggle for about 20 minutes, with all these people watching. The pelican only opened its mouth a couple of times.

"Then it managed to get the pigeon to go head first down its throat. It was kicking and flapping the whole way down."

There are currently five pelicans living near Duck Island in St James's Park - four Eastern Whites and one Louisiana Brown.

Pelicans were introduced into the park during King Charles II's reign as a gift from the Russian ambassador.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6083468.stm


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haha i lol'ed

rofl
Pigowned

Bird's gotta eat.

then the pelican should have gotten chicken instead of pigeon

mother nature is a bitch

DID YOU KNOW: Jesus and his brother Moses used pelicans as toilets.

FYI: Jesus didn't have a brother...that we know of...and Moses's brother was Aaron

VIDEO
[url:465ad]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rcg63Y1QSDk[/url:465ad]

ffffaaackkkkkk ed:

That Pelican is a faggot.

Erm, Jesus had 4 known brothers as well as a few unnamed sisters.
James, Joses, Simon, and Jude.
[url:5f082]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus#The_known_family_of_Jesus[/url:5f082]

Jesus was a master gynecologyst.

oOo:

I realise that. They also didn't ACTUALLY use pelicans as toilets....I don't see you trying to refute that claim. lol.

(I was brought up baptist christian)

They DIDN'T use pelicans as toilets?

Fucking lying King James version!! mad:

lol

Yeah I was fooled, I believed for the first half of my life that jesus flew magical luck-dragons powered by hearty blowjobs. Stupid lying bible.