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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / October 2006Pelican swallows pigeon
and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a camera: Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6083468.stm Larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/uk_enl_1161769756/html/1.stm -dms > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > camera: Better than eating small dogs. > > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > > camera: > > Better than eating small dogs. There are doubters on this one, so far the only person to have spoken about the incident is the photographer. No interviews with little Johnny or his Nanny.  SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >>> and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a >>> camera: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > about the incident is the photographer. No interviews with little > Johnny or his Nanny. The pelican spent the afternoon swallowing witnesses. > >>> and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > >>> camera: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The pelican spent the afternoon swallowing witnesses. heh heh... he'll be up before the beak if he doesn't pay his bill. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a >> > camera: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > about the incident is the photographer. No interviews with little > Johnny or his Nanny. If it's a fake photo, it's a pretty decent Photoshop job. But now that you mention it, yes it is a bit odd that no other witnesses were quoted in the story. Just the photographer and various consulted experts. -dms > >> > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > >> > camera: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -dms Well, it's just newsgroup mumbles really but nowadays it seems there's always someone with a camera phone handy and for once there seems to be nobody with a moving image, so the only word we have for the incident appears to be him, and it was quickly pointed out he's got himself a lot of free publicity.... oops, I may have jumped the gun a bit quickly there - moving footage! (actually dated earlier this month) http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/10/7890/ SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> >> > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a >> >> > camera: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/10/7890/ That's quite a video clip. Thanks. I suppose I should have felt sorry for the pigeon, but I just had to laugh while watching it. My co-worker raised the question of whether this will become a habit for that particular pelican; pigeon-hunting has got to be easier than chasing fish. -dms > >> >> > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > >> >> > camera: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > -dms It's a weird one. Maybe it was just too hungry to pass up the chance of an easy meal, or at least it thought so until the meal tried to get away. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ <edited, for brevity> > That's quite a video clip. Thanks. I suppose I should have felt sorry > for the pigeon, but I just had to laugh while watching it. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -dms Hello, Daniel: Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? Cordially, John Turco <jtur@concentric.net> > <edited, for brevity> > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Cordially, > John Turco <jtur@concentric.net> well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other birds. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other > birds. But this behavior is still not cannibalistic. SignatureNeil swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email > >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? > >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Neil > swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email which one, the pelican or the other birds? anything that eats its own breed is a cannibal, I guess. I suspect though that we had a bird which was just very hungry and took a one off shot at something nearby.... I'm going to be pedantic now :O) cannibal noun 1. a person who eats human flesh, esp. for magical or religious purposes, as among certain tribal peoples. 2. any animal that eats its own kind. adjective 3. pertaining to or characteristic of a cannibal. 4. given to cannibalism. This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? >> >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > which one, the pelican or the other birds? Neither are cannibalistic. > anything that eats its own breed is a cannibal, I guess. Correct. The pelican would be a cannibal if it ate another pelican. Are you a cannibal if you eat meat from a cow? SignatureMåns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com > >> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? > >> >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Correct. The pelican would be a cannibal if it ate another pelican. > Are you a cannibal if you eat meat from a cow? Ah, but according to QI, if I remember rightly, only dogs are actually different species to each other, all the rest are just variation on a theme... or something :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed >cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A >bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie >then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out. Soylent Green is people! > >This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed > >cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A > >bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie > >then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out. > > Soylent Green is people! Heh, used to be one of my favourite movies before the star turned into a creature from a bad fifties movie :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? >> >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > which was just very hungry and took a one off shot at something > nearby.... I'm going to be pedantic now :O) The pelican ate a pigeon which is a different species. > This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed > cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A > bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie > then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out. The culprit in the feed was sheep remains, some of which was infected with scrapie. SignatureNeil swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email > >> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often? > >> >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > nearby.... I'm going to be pedantic now :O) > The pelican ate a pigeon which is a different species. Aye, I know what you mean, not that my brain would accept anything new lately, and that is exactly how I have always thought about it until Fry and co gave the suggestion that only dogs have different species. Real problem is I can't recall if they included birds, but I think they did. > > This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed > > cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A > > bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie > > then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out. > The culprit in the feed was sheep remains, some of which was infected > with scrapie. I was trying to recall the name of the disease. Excuse for the feeding was something like animals nibble on bones if they find them in the wild, or some such crap. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > oops, I may have jumped the gun a bit quickly there - moving footage! > (actually dated earlier this month) > > http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/10/7890/ That is SO COOL! God I love death! Errr...I mean, uh, quite an interesting scientific record of a natural predator-pray struggle that deserves further study. > > oops, I may have jumped the gun a bit quickly there - moving footage! > > (actually dated earlier this month) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Errr...I mean, uh, quite an interesting scientific record of a natural > predator-pray struggle that deserves further study. heh heh, that's your card marked :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > > If it's a fake photo, it's a pretty decent Photoshop job. But now that > > you mention it, yes it is a bit odd that no other witnesses were quoted [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/10/7890/ Well, just because there is a video, and the pelican actually DID swallow the pigeon, that doesn't mean that the photo is real. Most likely a photographer saw it happen but didn't get a photo, so he created one later. Notice that the pigeon is strangely calm in the picture, just sitting there quietly in the pelican's bill. Also, there are pretty sharp boundaries between the pigeon and the pelican - perfect for a Photoshop job, which is most likely what this is. -Gniewko > > > If it's a fake photo, it's a pretty decent Photoshop job. But now that > > > you mention it, yes it is a bit odd that no other witnesses were quoted [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > -Gniewko Yes, I am sure the vid is dated earlier than the photograph, which I have still not heard of any other witness. I think what we may have is an opportunist photographer. I have done a bit of hunting and every mention of the recent one that I can find mentions Cathal McNaughton by name and he is a press photographer SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ :: and someone happened to be in the right place at the right :: time with a camera: : : Better than eating small dogs. Personally, I hate dogs (and all the crap they leave behind for me and my children to step in). Anyway, what's wrong with you people? Can't you all see that the photo is a fake? Look at the obvious 'cut-n-paste' line between the pigeon and the pelican. Don't you all see it? Geez, it's as clear as a god-damned Muslim in Salt Lake City (Utah). Later.... j. > :: and someone happened to be in the right place at the right > :: time with a camera: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > j. Jack, as we have been mentioning the story itself is a little fishy (bad pun) and many people think it's a con (myself included) but take a look at the short video also doing the rounds http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/10/7890/ SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > camera: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -dms Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. Sheldon > > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > > camera: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Sheldon wot... pigeons? :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >>>and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a >>>camera: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > :O) Or do you mean slamming teeth down and shaking vigorously side to side? SignatureI do *NOT* have a short attention sp...(Oooh!! shiny!!) >>>Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. She probably IS--but for somebody else! > >>>Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. > > She probably IS--but for somebody else! heh, that's why he is so bitter and twisted SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > >>>and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > >>>camera: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > Or do you mean slamming teeth down and shaking vigorously side to side? :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a > camera: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -dms Reminded me of this one: <http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62945> |
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