Do you want fries with that?

 On our walk this morning we spent some time on the Lagoon Boardwalk watching a young (1st Summer I think) Silver Gull battling with a filleted Flathead.  

The issue seemed to be the pectoral fins being too wide to fit in the beak when the bird tried swallowing the carcase tail first.  I suspect that if it had a go headfirst the fins would fold back and it would easily slip down.  It was also interesting that the bird didn't try to peck the meaty bits out of the frame but rather bolted the entire thing.

A second Gull tried to join in - or steal the meal - but was repelled.