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Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
This poor gull is a victim of either animal cruelty or pollution on the coast. It was bobbing along with the other gulls eating and seemingly fine, but as you can see in pic 4 it is disabled and has no feet. Very sad
Spotted on Sep 28, 2012
Submitted on Sep 30, 2012
3 Comments
It appears healthy though, even though its feet are missing. Excellent series
ag shame, thank you for the info Malcolm, I felt so sorry for this one!
This can also be caused by fish or marine animals (crocodiles/alligators). I have "seen" crocodiles grabbing the legs of waders along the edges of lagoons in Sri Lanka - they try to pull them under to drown them but sometimes just get a foot or leg.