AJC wrote:
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — A rare gull that apparently tried to eat a couple's ice cream was euthanized after the man beat the bird with a stick. Dragan Djuric, 50, of Wichita, Kansas, and his wife were eating ice cream New Year's Eve on the boardwalk at Main Beach when a flock of birds attacked them, Laguna Beach police Sgt. Jeff Calvert said.
One bird hit Djuric's wife in the head and tried to take the ice cream. Djuric was defecated on.
The couple dropped the frozen food and Djuric began hitting the birds with a stick, Calvert said.
One of the birds — a rare Heermann's gull — sustained a broken wing and was later euthanized.
Djuric was cited and released on suspicion of animal cruelty.
Heermann's gulls are on the Audubon Society's watch list for at-risk birds. The creatures are surprisingly aggressive and steal fish from the pouches of pelicans and chase other birds to take their prey, according to the society's Web site.
The estimated population of Heermann's gulls is 525,000.
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This makes me laugh...hardAJC wrote:
Djuric was defecated on.
Let the man be.
Gulls are just the pigeons of the ocean, anyway. But they are funnier than pigeons.
Gulls are just the pigeons of the ocean, anyway. But they are funnier than pigeons.
And hungrier.CapnNismo wrote:
Let the man be.
Gulls are just the pigeons of the ocean, anyway. But they are funnier than pigeons.
My mom's ex-bf was in the Air Force. He said when seagulls would fly around the runway, he and others would go out with a bunch of alkaseltzer tablets, throw them up and watch the Seagulls catch them. Their stomachs can't handle them, so they explode.
Morbid, but funny! And I'm an animal lover.
Morbid, but funny! And I'm an animal lover.
So the guy defends himself from a notoriously aggressive bird, and gets cited for suspicion of animal cruelty? If things happened in the way that the story suggests, then that's pretty ridiculous.
literally explode?Poseidon wrote:
My mom's ex-bf was in the Air Force. He said when seagulls would fly around the runway, he and others would go out with a bunch of alkaseltzer tablets, throw them up and watch the Seagulls catch them. Their stomachs can't handle them, so they explode.
Morbid, but funny! And I'm an animal lover.
Seagulls, Sky Kittens.
No. Their stomach ruptures.N00bkilla55404 wrote:
literally explode?Poseidon wrote:
My mom's ex-bf was in the Air Force. He said when seagulls would fly around the runway, he and others would go out with a bunch of alkaseltzer tablets, throw them up and watch the Seagulls catch them. Their stomachs can't handle them, so they explode.
Morbid, but funny! And I'm an animal lover.
They have no way to release the gas, IE: they can't burp.
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BWAHAHAHAHA! !!!Miggle wrote:
Seagulls, Sky Kittens.
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remind me to bring alka-seltzer when i go to the beachPoseidon wrote:
My mom's ex-bf was in the Air Force. He said when seagulls would fly around the runway, he and others would go out with a bunch of alkaseltzer tablets, throw them up and watch the Seagulls catch them. Their stomachs can't handle them, so they explode.
Morbid, but funny! And I'm an animal lover.
Bit of a harsh reaction from the guy, but oh well. In the jungle, a sloth does not try to steal a panther's catch. If he does, he promptly gets his shit ruined.
That said, I would've put it out of its misery right then and there.
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A more fun thing to do is to soak bread in beer, and then throw it to the Seagulls.
They'll get drunk and drown.
They'll get drunk and drown.
mine mine mine mi-ine?
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THAT, sir, would be animal cruelty.CrazeD wrote:
A more fun thing to do is to soak bread in beer, and then throw it to the Seagulls.
They'll get drunk and drown.
killer21 wrote:
This makes me laugh...hardAJC wrote:
Djuric was defecated on.