Bit off more than it can chew? Incredible images reveal a giant sea anemone devouring a baby SEABIRD A bird has been spotted in the process of being eaten by a sea anemone The poor baby seabird in Oregon is thought to have fallen from a height It may have been dropped by an eagle flying overhead or fell from its nest The Giant Green Anemone then began devouring the creature in its mouth Sea anemones use venomous darts to stun or kill their prey A sea anemone is a tame, plant-like animal that leads a rather boring, slow life at the bottom of oceans or in tidal pools. That is, until a seabird falls into its mouth. And that's just what happened in this remarkable set of images that shows a young bird in up to its neck inside one of these water predators. And, before further observations could be made, the tide pool filled with sand the following day and buried the anemone. The event itself is incredibly rare - similar finds made in 2003 and 2007 at the same location are among few known instances of this occurrence. The event occurred last year in Cannon Beach, Oregon, but was only recently explained in a paper in the journal Marine Ornithology.

• published: 16 May 2014
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