13/07/2023
A seagull like that once bit me in my hand on the azores. I was sailing and had my fishingrod put out, when suddenly something hit the line. I was drilling hard, as we stopped the boat, when I recognized, that the fishingline was not gone down into the water, but up into the air. You can imagine hoy perplex I was at first, before I saw a seagull fighling againt me. Then I drilled the gull on board and hold it gently, while trying to remove the hook from the leg, when she suddenly bit me in the hand. It was quite an aweful pain and I had a big wound, but thankfully the seagull was not hurt anymore and free again. Everytime I see a seagull I have to think about this case. Since then I always use Fishingbaits that sink down at least a meter, to not hook a bird anymore.
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