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Pelican swallows pigeon
Daniel Silevitch wrote:
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:56:51 GMT, Paul Heslop wrote: Daniel Silevitch wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:16:04 GMT, Paul Heslop wrote: wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:45:49 GMT, Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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. 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 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/ 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 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. -- Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Pelican swallows pigeon
Cynicor wrote:
Paul Heslop wrote: 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. heh heh, that's your card marked :O) -- Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Pelican swallows pigeon
Paul Heslop wrote:
Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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 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/ 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 |
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Paul Heslop wrote: Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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 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/ 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 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 -- Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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/e...on/6083468.stm Larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...756/html/1.stm -dms Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. Sheldon |
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Sheldon wrote:
Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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/e...on/6083468.stm Larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...756/html/1.stm -dms Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. Sheldon wot... pigeons? :O) -- Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Pelican swallows pigeon
Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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/e...on/6083468.stm Larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...756/html/1.stm -dms Reminded me of this one: http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62945 |
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Pelican swallows pigeon
Paul Heslop wrote:
Sheldon wrote: Daniel Silevitch wrote: 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/e...on/6083468.stm Larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...756/html/1.stm -dms Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. Sheldon wot... pigeons? :O) Or do you mean slamming teeth down and shaking vigorously side to side? -- I do *NOT* have a short attention sp...(Oooh!! shiny!!) |
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Pelican swallows pigeon
Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that. She probably IS--but for somebody else! |
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