PENZA, RUSSIA: IN THE ULTIMATE act of revenge a predatory pelican was snapped by an astonished student eating a pigeon alive after it was caught stealing the giant bird’s food. Pictures show how the thirty-pound Great White pelican, which can have a wingspan of up-to eleven-feet wide, gobbled up the hapless pigeon in one gulp before re-joining its group of fellow-pelicans in a local zoo. The amazing encounter was spotted in Penza Zoo, Russia by local student Dinara Nebaraeva (17) as she watched the pelicans being fed by staff when pigeon flew towards the larger bird in an attempt to steal its
PENZA, RUSSIA: IN THE ULTIMATE act of revenge a predatory pelican was snapped by an astonished student eating a pigeon alive after it was caught stealing the giant bird’s food. Pictures show how the thirty-pound Great White pelican, which can have a wingspan of up-to eleven-feet wide, gobbled up the hapless pigeon in one gulp before re-joining its group of fellow-pelicans in a local zoo. The amazing encounter was spotted in Penza Zoo, Russia by local student Dinara Nebaraeva (17) as she watched the pelicans being fed by staff when pigeon flew towards the larger bird in an attempt to steal its food.
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Keywords: bird, captive, columba, dinner, eat, livia, meal, onocrotalus, pelecanus, pelican, pigeon, shocking, surprise, zoo
