A mum said she was enjoying 'a lovely day out' at Chester Zoo when she suddenly saw a monkey 'battering the f*** out of a seagull'.
Bec Adamson was at the Cheshire attraction with her son on Saturday, February 26 when she says she saw a balancing monkey snatch a large bird as it flew past.
The 32-year-old began filming and captured the fearsome monkey holding its prey by the head and repeatedly slamming it against the side of his enclosure's pole.
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Bec said its aggression and position reminded her of the iconic King Kong scene where the giant primate hangs from the Empire State Building and rips planes from the sky to destroy them.
Startled Bec, who was also with former partner Jamie Stockall, 35, says the zoo animal then dropped the seagull, before taking it away to eat.
Despite last Saturday's 'violent' ordeal, the mum-of-one claims son Dominik Minshull, five, was fascinated as it felt like the David Attenborough nature clips he loves so much.
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The hospitality worker posted her startling video to TikTok on Sunday, March 6 and it's since been viewed more than two million times, with users fascinated by the monkey's attack.
Bec, from Northwich, Cheshire, said: "It was like watching the real King Kong. He was really slamming it against the pole and pulling at its feathers. It was just really aggressive and mad.
"We'd just been to see the rhinos, so we were walking across, then I saw all these seagulls circling and then this monkey caught one as it was flying past. It was really clever.
"I told Jamie and Dominik looked too, so I started filming. When I zoomed in I could see he was battering the f*** out of this seagull. I couldn't believe I was catching it on video.
"Other people started watching too and suddenly there were about 100 people watching. It was really violent, but it's natural. It's what happens in nature.
"Dominik asked if David Attenborough was watching as well because we watch this sort of thing at home. He just thought it was amazing because he thought they were fighting.
"It could have scarred him for life. If I was his age, I'd have been terrified. I think I'm raising a psychopath.
"I've seen the comments on my video saying it's like the next King Kong movie...
"There were loads of seagulls flying over the top but he just picked that one. Poor thing.
"You can't help but keep watching. We're all like little psychopaths watching this seagull getting mauled, but we want to find out what's next."
Bec says she's pleased the violent 1.30pm scene didn't put her off her lunch, and she's baffled by how viral her video's gone.
Her TikTok post, sarcastically captioned 'lovely family day', has been liked 40,000 times and has attracted more than 1,000 comments.
Chester Zoo declined to comment.
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