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Gigantic vulture attacks terrified Britons as they watch Tenerife bird show
Daily Mail ^
| October 30, 2008
Posted on 11/02/2008 1:38:55 PM PST by Shermy
Two British women told today how they were attacked by a huge vulture at a Tenerife zoo.
Mary Corcoran, 56, needed hospital treatment after she was pinned down by the griffon vulture.
The species has a wingspan of up to nine feet and can weigh nearly two stone.
It swooped on the two holidaymakers from Suffolk as they watched a show at the popular Jungle Park in Tenerife.
Ms Corcoran and her friend Teresa Largent screamed as the bird swooped at them at the end of their week-long holiday, clawing and pecking them.
A keeper rushed to the rescue but had to punch the vulture away after it came back for more.
Ms Corcoran, who is still in shock, says she feared at one stage that the bird was going to eat her.
First it pecked Ms Largent's stomach, then it pinned Ms Corcoran down by perching on her shoulder.
The mother-of-three from Kesgrave says she felt a burning sensation down her back and arm as the claws dug into her skin.
'It seems so unreal now. We were watching the bird show and the vulture was on its perch but then it decided to fly across the arena to us and went on to my shoulder.
'I could not look to see what was causing me this pain because the bird was on my back. 'My friend said I was screaming but I can't remember it.
'The keeper came over and got the bird away but as he was taking me out of the arena, it flew back towards me and the keeper had to thump it.
...Ms Largent, 52, of Ipswich, said the bird's beak felt like a pair of scissors cutting into her.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: wildlife
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:38:56 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Fury; Myrddin; Covenantor; Cyman; swarthyguy; Kenny Bunk
2
posted on
11/02/2008 1:40:59 PM PST
by
Shermy
( "You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter,")
To: Shermy
3
posted on
11/02/2008 1:42:25 PM PST
by
steveo
(Don't be a Sarahphobe!)
To: Shermy
Ms Corcoran, who is still in shock, says she feared at one stage that the bird was going to eat her.Look up 'vulnerable' and there's her picture.
4
posted on
11/02/2008 1:44:19 PM PST
by
Rudder
(The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
To: Shermy
5
posted on
11/02/2008 1:44:43 PM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(NPD..........................Opomposity has it!)
To: Shermy
Self defence in GB. Take bird by neck twist 180 degrees. Dinner.
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:47:14 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit.)
To: SevenofNine
Rodan?
7
posted on
11/02/2008 1:47:24 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: Jagdgewehr
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:47:57 PM PST
by
Pajamajan
(Pray for president Bush. Pray for our troops. Pray for McCain /Palin, Pray for our nation.)
To: Rudder
At least she isn't paranoid. The bird was trying to eat her. A stone is 14 pounds. A 28 pound vulture is a pretty big bird.
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:48:44 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: mad_as_he$$
Ick. Vultures eat carrion. When they get upset, they tend to puke as an initial defense. It's fairly vile smelling given the initial input.
10
posted on
11/02/2008 1:50:34 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: SandRat
Damn that where Rodan spending his vacation in England LOL!
11
posted on
11/02/2008 1:52:15 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Myrddin
Meat is meat. Probably tastes like the chicken it ate!!!
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:53:13 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit.)
To: SevenofNine
Thought you’d like it. Vulture has a 9 foot wing span.
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:53:51 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: Jagdgewehr
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posted on
11/02/2008 1:55:41 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: mad_as_he$$
Three people sitting around talking about reincarnation:
The first said he wanted to come back as a lion because
it is the king of beasts.
The second said he wanted to come back as an elephant
because it was the largest and strongest animal.
The third was an Indian, he wanted to come back as a
buzzard because it eats everything, nothing eats it.
15
posted on
11/02/2008 1:59:09 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Obama and ITS thugs are made paranoid by Sarahnoia. (stole from molly_jack2007))
To: Shermy
The species has a wingspan of up to nine feet 2.74 meters and can weigh nearly two stone 178 kilograms. This reporter should be fined and/or jailed under British and EU law!
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posted on
11/02/2008 2:07:37 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: SandRat
You know anything with Godzilla and his monster pals I am all for that LOL!
17
posted on
11/02/2008 2:11:10 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: steveo
Melanie’s mommy was prettier than said spawn.
18
posted on
11/02/2008 2:12:03 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(I'm as enthusiastic about Obama as my kinfolks were about Reconstruction)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Barack Obama Sr. reincarnated.
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posted on
11/02/2008 2:12:45 PM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: SevenofNine
my 5 year old would agree with you
he has been all Zilla since aged 2
Godzilla is not a dinosaur you know?
Lizard!
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posted on
11/02/2008 2:13:29 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(I'm as enthusiastic about Obama as my kinfolks were about Reconstruction)
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