This has been around for a while but it’s the most interesting thing I’ve seen today: a pelican in a London park eating a pigeon that just won’t give up. I was riveted:

Thanks to the tipster who sent us that. That two minute video was more suspenseful than the Kate Hudson/Matthew McConaughey romantic adventure Fools Gold. Which, as a total public service and apropos of nothing, I beg you not to try to watch.

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Comments (8)
  1. Elizabeth Toni is the new Rick Salomon. I never knew pelicans were cannibals.

  2. That pelican has to stay on this bus forever.

  3. Genevieve  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2008

    Does the Pigeon get out? I’m not going to watch unless the pigeon gets out.

  4. Natali   |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2008

    Spoiler: The pigeon does not get out.

    I had to search for “things eating pelicans” to make myself feel better after watching that.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52o5yV6G7tY

    Just go to about 1:10 to see Shamu eat a pelican.
    After that, there’s trainers swimming around collecting pelican chunks, as well as Shamu feeding pelican to seagulls to lure them over so he can eat them too. I never knew I hated pelicans until today.

  5. After seeing that video, Pelicans just made my top 10 list of “Scariest Animals Ever.” right between Ostriches and Paris Hilton *ZING!*

  6. zingers  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2008

    The evil hungry beast that is the pelican should’ve just given up. No snack is worth that much attempted swallowing.

  7. Natali:

    Thank you for that, it made me feel better. That video sucked. It should have gotten out as hard as it fought. Fuck pelicans. Yay Shamu!

  8. ppmj  |   Posted on Jan 18th, 2009

    Why isn’t this also tagged as “Cute as Balls?”

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