Man, seagulls will eat anything, won't they?
They're like the catfish of dry land.
But here's something I never expected: Seagulls love synthetic cannabinoids, particularly a brand called Spice, which is popular in England (though it is illegal).
Yeah, I remember this stuff from high school. Kids would smoke up some Spice and just start acting a fool.
And now even seagulls are getting in on the action.
Incidents of the birds swooping down to nick users' stashes of the drug have apparently been reported in Hastings, East Sussex, Margate and Kent, as well as cities including London, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool, according to the Daily Star.
As former spice user Kevin Robertson, 45, of Hastings, told the paper: ‘Gulls will go for anything. They used to come up behind us and grab whatever we had.
‘If we were stoned and completely out of it, the gulls could just take the joint we were smoking and fly off.
Wild!
These seagulls are addicted, man!
And out of all things, Spice…
Like, aren't there better drugs out there in England?
Story gets worse:
Azad, of Leeds, who is also a former user, added: ‘A seagull and spice is not a good combo. It turns them into psycho gulls.'
After one such incident in Wrexham, locals reportedly said that one of the birds ‘went mad' after taking someone's supply of the drug, dive-bombing pedestrians before eventually coming to collapse on the pavement.
As one person said: ‘Seagulls on Spice! – went for a stroll round Wrexham to see 2 officers checking out a stoned seagull.'
Another added: ‘Another day, another zombie seagull. They think they're getting chips, but they're just getting a beakful of spice.'
Is it just me, or does this sound like the beginning of a sci-fi thriller?
Like,
It's 2023 and the world has been taken over by psycho seagulls high on synthetic marijuana. There are no Cool Ranch Doritos left anywhere on the planet, as the seagulls have come for every last bag and left millions dead in the process.
Hey, that'd be a good one.
Seriously though, how strange is this?
Unfortunately, I was unable to find any videos of these "psycho gulls" on the internet, so I'll leave it up to your imagination to fill in the blank there.
