Yes, John is correct with his identification of a soft plastic lure.  It's 
interesting that the gull was convinced by the lure.  I suppose they do try to 
eat all sorts of inedible objects.
Cheers
David
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> On 24 Nov 2015, at 2:04 PM, Tim Dickson <> wrote:
>
> I have a couple of photos of a Silver Gull taken on The Strand in Townsville 
> recently which has a protuberance from its lower mandible. Does anyone know 
> what it could be?
>
> I was interested to note that, despite this malformity, this gull was the 
> dominant bird in the flock. He stood next to my table most of the time it 
> took me to eat my fish burger, and would chase away any other gulls that came 
> too close.
>
> Here are the photos:
> m("N05/22605369203/","//www.flickr.com/photos/29289211");">https:
> m("N05/22604019094/","//www.flickr.com/photos/29289211");">https:
> Thanks in advance
>
> Tim Dickson
>
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