Not part of the journal project: just something pretty disturbing that happened this afternoon.

Well, I was getting into the car to go to the ReStore to hunt for old computers (uber geek) when my mom noticed something. A dead chipmunk on the road (no tire tracks to be seen on them*, so it must have been a cat that got it). That's pretty normal. Here's what's not.

There were two seagulls near that spot. One right next to the dead chipmunk and one circling above.

The one right next to the chipmunk just casually (well, it was casual for a gull, anyway) took the little fellow in its beak and swallowed him whole.


Yikes.

Poor chipmunk...

...and heck, poor gull. With the bones and all, that bird is sure going to regret that in the morning.

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Then again, birds are pretty used to barfing on cue. Perhaps when their stomach starts killing them, they can get rid of it.

I just hope they don't feed their children before that.

*I just refuse to call animals it. Just... ...disrespectful.