This video is showing a great black-backed seagull swallowing a rabbit in one big gulp on the Welsh island of Skomer has clocked up hundreds of thousands of views online. Unsurprising, really, as it’s a compelling, if rather gruesome, sight.

This video was posted to a Twitter account run by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and has been met with comments such as “Grotesque but majorly impressive” and “That gave me indigestion just watching!”

Gina Gavigan, the marketing and development manager at the trust, told Storyful that there was nothing out of the ordinary about the scene. Rabbits are an important part of the birds diet, she said, especially “when none or very few small seabirds or seabird chicks are available.”

The great black-backed gull is the largest member of the gull family.

Credit: The Wildlife Trusts Skomer Island via Storyful
Original video: twitter.com/skomer_island/status/12482841867142594…

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