' A large grey rat chose an inopportune moment to cross the road on the western waterfront at Auckland on a recent morning. When midway across, a .big grey gull swooped down, seized the rat by the neck, and, despite the animal’s struggles, carried it high into the air. To make matters a certainty the gull, still with the rat in its clutch’, shaped a course over the harbour. The big grey gulls which frequent the waterfront evidently regard fats as a dainty addition to the day’s menu.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 33
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87Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 33
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