Sam and Ann's post re: gull play-acting reminded me of another common gull trick. I suspect others have seen this one, also: Twice in the Brokens (Barkley Sound, BC) I have watched a gull fold a small sea star (not sure which species) onto itself, with all five legs still waving in the breeze, and squeeze that mess down its gullet! These sea stars were maybe 4-5 inches in diameter, and formed a bolus at least an inch to an inch and a half in diameter at the wide part as they were "swallowed." Both gulls sorta stood around afterwards, eyeballs counter-rotating, and hung out on the rock they were on until they could fly away. Must be a hell of a digestive system! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 31 1998 - 10:49:19 PST
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