Giday
Birders,
Back in about 1993, when I worked for NSW Fisheries at
Cronulla I witnessed
something similar to the 'Squid eats skua' story.
I was making my regular
lunch time visit to the wharf when I saw something
unsual on one of the
pylons, about 1 metre below the water level. At first
glance I thought it was
a bit of rubbish caught in the oysters, but on
closer inspection it turned
out to be a huge octopus, probably a metre in
lenght. This in itself was
unusual, but what was really impressive was that
it appeared to be eating a
little pied cormorant. I could only guess that
the cormorant swam too close
to the octopus and got caught as it swam past.
Sounds like the worm that
turned??
Cheers
Graham Turner
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From: "Trevor Hardaker" <m("dhk.co.za","trevor");">>
> Hi All,
>
> We have added an article with
photos to our website at
> www.zestforbirds.co.za which some of you might be
interested in. It
> describes the finding of a Subantarctic Skua that had
eaten some type of
> squid and then the squid ate the skua.....from the
inside out!!!
>
> Has anyone else ever heard of or seen a similar
incident?
>
> Kind Regards
>
Trevor
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