What is wrong with this picture? Spot the foreign object. Yes, you’ve probably been able to identify the anomaly...
This picture drew quite a
few of us wildlife staff into the x-ray room I can tell you! This is an image
of a herring gull who has managed to swallow a coat hanger hook!
How, when and where? Nobody
knows. But what I am aware of is the irony of the situation, whereby the bird
was put to sleep, not because of the enormous hook that we accidently came
across, but because of a tiny shot pellet found in its shoulder area,
debilitating its ability to fly.
When I consider all the
oddities in behaviour observed, the injuries and health issues endured, the
unfortunate incidents which these animals we see have been exposed to, THIS,
has to be the most bizarre occurrence I have witnessed so far. Never a dull
moment that’s for sure!
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