They may be cursed among humans for their chip-stealing swoops on unsuspecting beachgoers.
But now a seagull in Northumberland has been pictured turning his attention to a seal and wrestling a fish from its mouth.
In the Halloween heist - on October 31 - the gull dive-bombed the hungry seal as it came up for air after catching its fish.
The pair engaged in a tug-of-war over the fish before the bird wrestled it free and swallowed it in one gulp.
It is unknown whether the gull, which staged the attack in Warkworth Harbour, has a history of targeting seals.
Photos from the scene showed the seal floundering in the water as the gull wrestled the fish away.
And they showed the gull making off with its loot as the seal descended back below the water.
A seagull attacked a seal and wrestled a fish from its mouth on Saturday
The gull mounted its attack in a Northumberland harbour on Halloween
The seal had come up for air after catching the fish before it was divebombed by the bird
The gull wrestled the fish from the seal's grip as it floundered in the water
After the successful steal, the seagull swallowed its loot in a single gulp
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