One Of The Most Bizarre Adaptations In The Animal Kingdom Belongs To The Humble Seagull. Where Other

One of the most bizarre adaptations in the animal kingdom belongs to the humble Seagull. Where other birds are driven by the Four Fs, Seagulls possess a perfect awareness of how fleeting and meaningless their lives are. This allows them to harass beachgoers and steal food without any regrets whatsoever, although on occasion you may find one struggling to cope with a universe that is both unfeeling and eternal.

Some trees have evolved their seed pods to resemble caterpillars in order to trick particularly stupid birds (like this extraordinarily dense chickadee) into distributing seeds.

A Bad Hair Day is a common phenomenon for the Snowy Egret, which is remarkable when you consider they don't have any hair at all.

The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few species of True Birds who do not build nests, opting instead to keep the single egg safe in their mouth. Like their Penguin cousins only one of the breeding pair nurtures the egg at a time, but luckily their long beaks allow the non-carrying partner to poke food past the egg and allow the carrier to eat whilst brooding.

Birds in the Big City have their flight options reduced by the sheer density of urban life, so they must seek alternative forms of exercize.

Once believed to be a mysteriously not dead plesiosaur, the Loch Ness Monster has finally been unmasked as various sightings of Double-crested Cormorants. The classic photograph of ‘Nessie’ taken at a distance of over a hundred yards turns out to have been in reality a poorly-focussed cormorant mere feet away.