Ever Feed A Seagull Alka-Seltzer?

[Doc Tinker]

I've heard that if a seagull swallows and Alka-Seltzer it will explode. Has anybody tried it?



Doc

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Iv'e heard that too. I never tired it. I think its "cruel"

 

[MN Cummins Lvr]

Doc,



I grew up in Duluth, MN on the western tip of Lake Superior where there are a ton of seagulls. I always heard if you fed seagulls Alka Seltzer it would kill them up never heard anything about them exploding I never did try it though... would scare the tourists too much



Paul

 

[drawson]

Carp

I have done seagels but there is a park locally that has a pond full of carp alka-seltzer and dry ice work the same they explode and the other eat them.

 

[CGoyette]

it works TRUST ME! They don't exploed but do distend the stiomach alot and they die about 1 -1 1/2 minutes into flight after eating one... . cruel yes but dam fun to watch these nasty birds get trimmed back a bit.



edit oh yea it wasn't me who did it seen it done

 

[rich m]

will it work on.....

those blasted rat with wing barstige pigeons on my roof?

 

[Dkevdog]

Went to School very close to the beach. Yes it does work- real well. As Goyette said they don't explode on the outside, but on the inside and fall from flight. Two boys (No, not me) got suspended for it after bragging. Killed about 20 birds. They even ended up filing criminal charges against them becuase of public outrage.



Kev

 

[Happy Camper]

Try giving an enema to a cat and see what happens!

 

[mikel]

I grew up on the coast on Galveston Island, and yes the Alka-Seltzer thing does work. Don't ask.



On the subject of Sea Gulls I have a story that you may like. Sea Gulls are nothing more than rats that can fly. They stink, and will swarm anyone or anything that they think may have food. Consequently they like to hang out near fishing piers and boat ramps to try and grab bait from unwary people fishing. One afternoon many years my borther and a friend of his and I were fishing from a public pier. We hadn't had much luck and were about ready to pack it in. On what was going to be the last cast of the day for my borther some stupid Sea Gull grabs the bait from the air before it even has a chance to hit the water. Funny thing about people fishing is that they tend to put hooks in the bait in hopes of catching things, fish generally. This time it wasn't a fish but a rather large, highly pi$$ed Sea Gull on the end of his line.



If you can imagine some guy reeling in a bird with a fishing pole standing in the middle of a pier with all the other people having stopped whatever they were doing to watch the comotion as the bird is flailing around and screaching and carying on. We wanted to try and get the hook out of the bird so that it might not die, but it wouldn't settle down enough for us to get closer than about 3 feet from it. We thought that it might get tired and we could get the hook out then, but every time we tried to get close to it the darn thing would freak out. After about 20 minutes the manager of the pier came out and told us that about twice a week someone hooks a bird, and the only thing that we can do is to cut the line as close to the bird (about 2 feet) as we could get. He said the bird would wind up breaking a wing or something if we tried to get too close.



After it was all over we thought that watching my brother fight with that bird was the funniest thing that we had seen, and the fact that he was covered in Sea Gull "droppings" and feathers made the situation even funnier.



Later,

Mike

 

[roadranger]

I had a buddy back in Rhode Island, that while on lunch break would bait the seagulls in McDonalds parking lot by throwing french fries on the hoods and roofs of nearby cars. What a mess those birds would make on the cars!



One day a REALLY big dude came running up and yanked him right out of the dump truck and thrashed his butt so bad he couldn't work (eyes swollen shut) for 3 days!

 

[Steve M]

I understand french fries give seagulls heart burn and they need something for it!

Is your buddy got something wrong with his cabesa? Just the thought of someone throwing french fries on my hood!

 

[DieselDoghouse]

Try giving an enema to a cat and see what happens?????!!! Try sticking your hand in a running chainsaw - same effect. Rule #1 trim kitty's claws first!!! (NOTE: I do not work for any pet enema companies, no cats were harmed in the making of this posting, We do not endorse recreational enemizing of felids, do not allow your cat to drive after an enema - ESPECIALLY your truck )

 

[Jeff H]

Rice can do some damage also. The stuff expands in there gut after the bird eats it. Looks like bird seeds.

 

[Newf Limo]

That is why they don't throw rice at weddings very much anymore. The preachers got tired of dealing with the Sparrows hanging out on the church steps moaning and groaning and rubbing their bellys after every wedding.

 

['956Wheel]

Those flying POS will dive for anything... EXPLOSIVES comes to mind! HATE EM

 

[Okie-Go]

It does work. Also you can kill rats and mice by placing a mayonaise lid out with Coke in it. They drink it up and they can't expel gas like humans and it kills em dead. I recommend this only in the winter or when it is cool, no telling where they crawl to and die. Mice in the summer when dead don't smell too good.