More information at
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/chihuahua-not-on-pelican-menu-at-reserves-daily-feed-20150911-gjke18.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRT1qHtvt2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7_3UGw8VCM includes a pelican attacking an adult cat and young lions
(although that is surely defence).
From: Graeme Clifton [
Sent: Sunday, 24 February, 2019 11:53 AM
To: John Layton
Cc: Canberra birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] A departure from pelicans & pigeons
I don’t know about the accuracy of the conclusions in the snake/wallaby story but what about the pelican eating a Chihuahua on the esplanade at The Entrance on the Central Coast of NSW. Surely an urban myth.
Graeme Clifton
On 24 Feb 2019, at 10:48 am, John Layton <> wrote:
Some 20 years ago I watched a news item about a huge python found dead beside a North Queensland road. The snake had a large bulge in its belly which a post mortem revealed
to be a small wallaby. Informed opinion speculated the wallaby was alive and kicking (emphasis on kicking) after being swallowed and all the internal turbulence brought about the python’s demise. Talk about a kick in the guts.
John Layton
Holt
