A seagull tried to make an octopus his dinner, but the octopus wasn’t in the mood. This unusual footage from NP Kornati showcases the struggle between bird and would-be prey.
Along Croatia’s coast or on its many islands, you’re likely to witness battles and very loud ”arguments” by street cats wanting to get hold of the last fish, or maybe even witness seagulls falling out with each other, what you don’t often see however is a showdown between a seagull and his ”almost dinner”, an octopus who simply had no plans to be a meal that day.
As Morski writes on the 18th of April, 2019, after some rather surprising footage from far away in Australia, where a seagull’s attempt to make a grumpy octopus a meal turned very sour for the opportunistic sea bird indeed, another almost identical scene has been caught on camera, but this time much closer to home, right here in Croatia, from the beautiful NP Kornati in the Zadar region.
The video was initially taken back in October 2018, and author of the video and witness to this rather bizarre fight, Jure Jerat, says the rather unlucky seagull managed to come out of the fight a little bit better off than the Australian seagull did when he attempted the same ”assault” on an octopus that just wasn’t having it.
While we by no means endorse any type of blood sport here at TCN, this does make for interesting viewing, it certainly isn’t something you see on a daily basis and it’s difficult to say who we’d put our money on! Have a look for yourself and see who comes out on top in this extremely unusual argument between two very different species at Croatia’s beautiful NP Kornati.
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