Spice gull: seabird turns orange after falling into vat of curry

[KamaAina]

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/09/seagull-turns-orange-after-falling-into-vat-of-chicken-tikka-masala

A seagull turned bright orange after it fell into a vat of chicken tikka masala.

The bird fell into the container while trying to scavenge meat from a food factory bin on Monday. It was rescued by workers at the site in Wales, and picked up by a volunteer for Vale wildlife hospital, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Staff at the hospital used washing-up liquid to remove the bright orange from the seagull’s feathers. They returned him to its original white colour but have not been able to wash away the smell of curry.

Lucy Kells, veterinary nurse at the hospital, said: “He really surprised everyone here – we had never seen anything like it before. He had fallen into a waste vat of curry that was outside, it was chicken tikka masala. The thing that shocked us the most was the smell. He smelled amazing, he really smelled good.

Seagull tikka masala?!

[hunter]

1. Picture...

"The thing that shocked us the most was the smell. He smelled amazing, he really smelled good."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36490552

Okay, what did they do with the curry afterwards?

Compost?

Special dinner treat for the pigs on a nearby farm?

Spread it out on a parking lot near the beach so all the seagulls can have some?

Or --barf-- strain out the feathers and send it on down the line?

[JimDandy]

3. "Waste vat of curry outside"... n/t

[hunter]

5. Careless reading... My second grade teacher was right about me.

[JimDandy]

6. No worries. There's so much on DU I have to just skim most of it and get to read only a fraction

of the posts.

[LiberalEsto]

4. He looks much better in orange than certain other life forms do

[NV Whino]

2. The next sequel to Dune, Seagull Spice.