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They were drinking with Rynner.
She spent about 20 seconds framing her shot
“I was really embarrassed,” she said. “You hear stories of people taking crazy Instagram pictures and hurting themselves and I was like, ‘Oh my God, you are now that person. You just wasted $21.50 for a picture.’”
I don’t really take a lot of food pictures, but I knew this needed to be documented.”
It could be worse. Here’s the magpie situation in Oz:
The recommended action:
maximus otter
Seagulls keep couple hostage in their own home for six days by attacking them every time they leave house
not really an attack as such..
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/09/seagull-lobster-roll-picture-maine
“It was the most picturesque place,” she said. “You’re standing on the seashore overlooking the lighthouse. I don’t really take a lot of food pictures, but I knew this needed to be documented.”
The picture in all its uncropped glory – or horror. Photograph: AP
She spent about 20 seconds framing her shot, so she could capture the sandwich and the Nubble Lighthouse in the background. As she took the picture, she said, she felt something rustle in her hand. She thought she had dropped the lobster roll.
“That’s when I realized the seagull had swooped in and I hadn’t even seen it coming,” she said. “It’s a really smart bird and it all happened so fast.”
Before she had time to shoo the bird away, Jessop said, it was feasting on the lobster roll with “all of [its] friends”.
I think they weren't.This can't be a new phenomenon, but I don't remember them being that aggressive back when I was a kid.
Right. So people are putting people at risk then.It is thought that the gulls’ appetite for human leftovers and waste is responsible for the growth of drug-resistant superbugs in the birds
Back in my day everyone went for Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull
Photos would be frowned on, I know but the size of the hideous creatures increases by the year. The gulls are quite big too!
Just between you and I Frides, I have the record...
mostly sky with a seagull in the distance.