[LMB] What Gulls will swallow

[Mark Allums]

Margaret Dean wrote:
> Pouncer at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> I'm now wondering if the expression to "be gulled" as in gullible, and 
>> maybe the word gullible itself, are related to "guile."
> 
> It's more likely it comes from the name of the bird (gull) which
> will reputedly swallow anything.  (Which is, I suspect, another
> reason apart from its usual color to assign it to the Dratsab in
> the 5GU.)

I've seen (on video) a gull swallow three rather large hot dogs whole, 
without chewing (er, um, "beaking") them first.  And it held two of them 
down.  (The third came back up, still whole.)

As you say, gulls are a bit like snakes, and have been alleged to 
swallow all manner of improbable things.  Like glass floats from fishing 
nets, or old doorknobs (egg-like things?).  But I haven't witnessed this.

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Mark Allums