Down in one! Moment a seagull swallows a squirrel WHOLE in just seconds
- Animal lovers have now branded the ‘savage’ bird as a modern day dinosaur
This is the moment a hungry seagull swallowed a squirrel whole in just seconds, leaving onlookers shocked.
Video shows how the peckish bird scooped up the rodent at the side of a road with its beak and gobbled it down with the tail hanging out of its mouth.
The bird managed to swallow the squirrel in just over a minute and then flew away after filling its stomach.
Animal lovers say they were left shocked and have now branded the ‘savage’ bird as a modern day dinosaur.
Video shows how the peckish bird scooped up the rodent at the side of a road with its beak
The seagull gobbled the squirrel down with the tail hanging out of its mouth, managing to swallow it in just over a minute, and then flew away
The disturbing seagull video went viral after being shared on TikTok, leaving viewers saying: ‘I never knew they could do this!’
‘Well that’s a new one on me, Brian Alston said. ‘Wow. He just dropping it like a Tic Tac.’
Liz Goss added: ‘I’m traumatised. I will never look at them the same.’
‘The squirrel didn’t know seagulls eat squirrels,’ said David Whiston.
‘Birds are modern dinosaurs,’ echoed Derrek Smith. ‘They’re savages.’
Dillon DuMarce added: ‘Ten years good luck to the person that gets blessed with that aftermath.’
Seagulls are known for feasting on fish, insects, other birds, small mammals.
The have become big pests particularly in seaside towns in the UK – divebombing Brits for their chips and ice creams
It is not known if the squirrel was dead or alive when the gull ate it.
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