
A helicopter with a platform swoops up to some power lines beside the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, to save a tangled seagull. (Cindy Clayton | The Virginian-Pilot)
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It seems the death-defying gull is pleasantly spoiled with neon-colored flying discs and dog toys filled with food: silversides fish and previously frozen mice.
Gulliver also likes to play tricks on the staff: He hides other birds’ food dishes in the corners of the aviary.
All in all though, he’s a pretty mellow bird, considering his lineage, Matthews said. Herring gulls can be a little rough around the edges.