Wayne Dempsey vs. The Competition

[rcecale]

It's a dog-eat-dog world, baby!


Randy

[Danny_Ocean]

More like Wayne getting rid of Snowman...

Burp!

[jluetjen]

Man! The pigeon beak must hurt going down!!!

[304065]

Evidently this behavior is not unheard of among Pelicans, although I was surprised.

Pelican swallows pigeon in park

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." [Tell that to the Pelican! -JC]

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.

[looneybin]

Originally Posted by jluetjen

Man! The pigeon beak must hurt going down!!!

not as much as it hurts coming out

[slodave]

I saw this happen to a cormorant. It dove for a fish, a white elican was near and when the cormorant came up, the pelican scooped it up. The struggle lasted about 30 seconds and both cormorant and fish got away. Odd to see though.

[Zef]

Haaaa man...I'm still laughing at it....Incredible...

[9dreizig]

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean

More like Wayne getting rid of Snowman...

Burp!

Too funny!!!

[Nine17]

I went over for Le Mans in '05, then went to visit some friends in London. I was in Saint James Park with my kids (then 9 and 11). Some stupid bloody pelican scooped up a pigeon right in front of the family and proceeded to suffocate it in his pouch for the next 10 minutes. Pretty gruesome -- and all the other stupid pigeons just stood around like nothing was happening. Wreched place, London. Full of Russians in Ferraris and Yogis in Rolls and a beer is $15.

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by Nine17

...and all the other stupid pigeons just stood around like nothing was happening.

Umm...they're pigeons. Their brain is the size of a peanut (if that).

Oh, and London is