Some Good Samaritans recently brought what they believed to be an exotic, orange bird to the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in England because they saw it stranded on the side of the road looking like it couldn’t fly.
Looks pretty exotic to me.
Ooohhhhh, I wonder what species it could be…
So the vets got to work treating the bird.
It’s bath time for this beauty!
And what did they discover? The bird was actually a seagull covered in curry.
The Facebook post from the animal hospital read:
“This is one of the strangest casualty circumstances we have seen in a while! This bright-orange herring gull was rescued by kind members of the public who spotted him at the side of the A41. When they called to say they had picked up an orange bird, we had no idea what to expect – and would never have guessed at this!
He had somehow gotten himself covered in curry or turmeric! It was all over his feathers, preventing him from flying properly. We have no idea how he got into this predicament but thankfully, apart from the vibrant colour and pungent smell, he was healthy.
Our veterinary team bravely bathed the gull (now named Vinny after a Vindaloo curry) to clean off his feathers. He managed to cover them in curry water, but eventually did let us scrub him clean.
He is now looking much better and should be able to go for release very soon! As we say, we never know what will come through our doors next!
Huge thanks to the lovely finders who stopped to rescue him.”
And now… back to normal!
Vindaloo, I mean Vinny, is now doing just fine. But he needs to avoid all Indian food for the time being.
So, what did you think about this curried burd?
Let us know in the comments!
