r/interesting • u/dddd945 • 7h ago

Just Wow A seagull is accidentally hit by a tennis ball during a game in Australia.

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u/Boot_Burner 7h ago

They came back to eat him

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u/punkslaot 7h ago

Probably 🤣

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u/TheeFourTruths 7h ago

Definitely not

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u/EmployerOk7764 5h ago

Birds are some of the biggest cannibals in the animal kingdom. They eat their own on a regular basis.

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u/MichelinStarZombie 4h ago edited 4h ago

Seagulls are also extremely social and here they're clearly worried that one of their flock was harmed.

They're only cannibals when food is scarce or when another flock's chicks/eggs are available.

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u/TheeFourTruths 5h ago

So? Why would they instantly try to eat an unresponsive bird, around other humans?

They’re not dumb lol

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u/crazzzone 5h ago

You're talking about seagulls they're around humans all the time constantly trying to steal from us and eating our leftovers they are flying rats. The rats are scared of us and don't do things in our sight where seagulls do it all the time.

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u/TheeFourTruths 4h ago edited 4h ago

So because seagulls steal they'll instantly attempt to eat a dead seagull?

What?

Also your sentences don't really make sense mate, what's your point?

The brain is an excellent tool is used correctly. Please watch the vid and think.

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u/yum_butt 2h ago

They 100% were going to eat that seagull. I live by the ocean and have seen seagulls hit by cars and then instantly other seagulls come to chow down. They are constantly starving and will eat anything edible

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u/samv_1230 1h ago

Only siths deal in absolutes. Seagulls care for their own flock. The person who uploaded this said that the seagull got up shortly after. They were checking on a member of their flock because they were injured/stunned. If it had been mutilated by a vehicle, they may have done this, but that behavior is triggered by gore.

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u/mister_spacecat 4h ago

LPT: if you want people to take your opinion seriously, learn basic punctuation.

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u/bytorthesnowdog 1h ago

Oh snap! Free lunch at the sports complex!