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The phenomenon was named “Killer seagulls”, and it is far from being the name of a movie. these birds mercilessly attacks and devours live pigeonsan impressive postcard that it was recorded on video and that locals claim it grew from the beginning of coronavirus pandemic.
Bloodthirsty seagulls appear more and more often, pecking to death defenseless pigeons along the canals of London (UK).
Ruthless bands of killer seagulls roamed the canals of the English capital in search of other sources of food due to the reduction of human activity that devours other species. in broad daylight.
This is how the “killer gulls” attack pigeons and mice in the canals of London.
The law of the strongest (bird)
Today, seagulls chase flocks of pigeons. They start with the weaker members and stun them with a kiss on the head before taking them away to eat, British media reports.
Even some seagulls they take the mice out of the water and eat the rodentsresidents who live near London’s canals said.
Tourists who jumped into the water were traumatized by a “particularly brutal murder” in which a pigeon escaped and was dragged towards killing by its attacker.
Another resident of the canal saw a chick killed by a seagull and left thrown into the skylight of a barge.
First a seagull pecks the weak pigeon to make him sleepy.
Video of the ferocious attack
A video that was released shows a seagull jumping on a pigeon on Tuesday, on the side of a canal in Lisson Grove, north London.
While the hungry seagull caught the torso of his preythe pigeon flapped its wings in a desperate attempt to escape the attack.
A man who lives near the mooring area where the predation incident took place explained: “We call them killer gulls, and all this apparently has begun. during quarantine when they could not get food“.
“They messed with the pigeons and take the dumbest or slowest ones and eat them alive. It’s really horrible. I’ve even seen them grab rats,” says a local resident.
Attacks by killer gulls occur in broad daylight.
neighbors on alert
The north London resident also describes: “These gulls cannibals too they love macabre games. One of my boat neighbors woke up and saw one killing a coot chick it had pulled out of a coot’s nest through the roof skylight. The seagull just left it on the window. “
“I see the seagulls killing and eating pigeons every day. I saw one catch a mouse, but he threw it into the canal during the fight. I had to leave and the last thing I saw was the rodent that tried to swim away while the attacker had grabbed him “, adds another Londoner, who assures us that in six years nothing of the kind had been seen.
Beyond the fact that some film the attack, there are people who are horrified. “There were two families on charter boats who witnessed the moment a seagull went to hunt its prey. The pigeon managed to escape into the canal and hid under a gangway, but the seagull entered. It looked like a horror movie“reveals another person accustomed to the place.
The blockade due to the pandemic meant that there was less leftover food in the streets for the birds.
local authorities gave the voice alert for residents of several coastal cities on seagulls that are hungry for food during the lockdown, as it could make them more aggressive.
Similar phenomenon in Rome, Italy
During the 2020 and 2021 coronavirus lockdowns, seagulls in Rome were seen to “return” to their place natural role as predators: hunting mice, pigeons and other smaller birds, as the lack of humans on the streets meant there were no food scraps on the ground.
The Italian capital had only been closed for two months when zoologists saw seagulls being captured pigeons and miceas well as swallows, black birds and fish of the Tiber riverrefer.
The profound change in seagull habits deepened during the coronavirus pandemic.
Eating pigeons and mice is not a new option for seagulls, but they usually peck already dead animals rather than launch their own attacks on those living species. But, as it was said, the custom that reappeared during the running of the bulls did not stop.
Source: Clarin
