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Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 10:06 GMT 11:06 UK


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Pelican swallows pigeon in park





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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."

Mr McNaughton, from the Press Association, said: "The pelican was on the towpath preening itself, and there were a lot of tourists watching it.


It was kicking and flapping the whole way down



Cathal McNaughton


"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.

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Mother nature never ceases to amaze us, i still dont know how on earth it could do that, the pigeon in his mouth looks as confused about it too.

Oh sorry you have to check the link for the picture of it happening, i forgot how to load pictures on this site.

Meat is meat.

That pigeon must have really pissed off that pelican; probably shat on him every day, well he won't be doing any more shitting now, will he?

I dont know, he must have shat himself at least once more....

That goes without saying.

What i want to know is how on earth is the pelican going to digest it and if the pelican swalled it still alive, what happaens if the pigeons causes a ruckass in side the pelicans belly and damages some viatl organs.. it may be game over for the Pelican too.

Most odd....

The pigeon was apparently flapping its wings and kicking its legs all the way down. The acid in the pel's stomach would have put a stop to that.

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 10:06 GMT 11:06 UK


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Pelican swallows pigeon in park





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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."

Mr McNaughton, from the Press Association, said: "The pelican was on the towpath preening itself, and there were a lot of tourists watching it.


It was kicking and flapping the whole way down



Cathal McNaughton


"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.

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Mother nature never ceases to amaze us, i still dont know how on earth it could do that, the pigeon in his mouth looks as confused about it too.

Oh sorry you have to check the link for the picture of it happening, i forgot how to load pictures on this site.



I think that pelican was muslim. Did you not see the turban on its head vincent? LMAO!!!