Seagulls are among the most well-known birds around. That does not mean they are well-liked though. Infamous for being annoyingly pesky, they regularly steal snacks and shiny objects lying around. Sometimes seagulls find the gall to steal food right out of a person’s hand. Cookies, ice cream, sandwiches - none of it is safe at the beach. However, this seagull here puts many of the other birds to shame. Spotted flying over Newton Abbot, England, the seagull had someone’s dentures in its beak! The photos were shared on Spotted Newton Abbot, a page on Facebook. The photo had a caption attached to it, saying "Hi Spotted Newton Abbot, can you please post this picture below. Someone's false teeth were found on a bench on Torquay Harbour at lunchtime. Unfortunately, anyone missing them will need to contact the seagull as he flew away with them!"
We wish we knew more about the circumstances behind this image but unfortunately that’s all that’s known. We have so many questions here. Who was the poor soul who lost their dentures to a seagull? What was his reaction upon discovering what happened to his dentures? Why did the seagull even want the dentures in the first place? A quick look online shows that this is not even the first instance of seagulls striking on dentures. From Australia to America, there are many stories of these winged thieves making away with people’s dentures. We are not entirely sure what appeal they see with it. I guess they don’t call them bird brains for nothing! The key lesson that you can take away from this is that you can’t trust a seagull - with anything. You never know when you are in their crosshairs so always keep an eye out when you are at the beach.
We’ve all seen Jaws. We’ve seen how a day at the beach or a boat trip can turn from sunshine and laughter to horror in the blink of an eye. All it takes is to hear that haunting music and see the fin zig-zagging towards us. We know what lurks under the surface and what’s going to happen any… second… now. This father and son had presumably seen the same movie but decided to go out in their boat regardless. The water was a beautiful deep blue and was calm on the surface, but then they spotted something underwater - the thing that day trippers in boats and divers fear the most.
The adult films the great white shark on his cell phone as it circles their small vessel several times, all while his son sounds audibly nervous at the beast that is just feet away from him.
“This guy is not leaving us!” says dad with a note of disbelief in his voice, as the animal won’t swim away and leave them alone, as it keeps patrolling around their boat. Close-up shots of the shark highlight just how big it is. Although there is no way of knowing for sure, a conservative estimate is that it must be at least eight feet long.
The viewer never sees into the shark’s mouth, but we know from the special effects from the Jaws franchise that what’s in there won’t be a pretty sight. It will contain teeth as jagged as broken glass and which could cut through flesh and bone with the greatest of ease.
Thankfully, the shark decided not to attack the duo and neither was hurt. But this amazing film must rank as one of the closest encounters ever captured on film by two amateurs on a day trip.