Horror at Chester Zoo as monkey snatches seagull from the sky - and savagely smashes it to death

This is the 'horrifying' moment a monkey transformed into 'King Kong' as it scaled a 20ft-tall pole to snatch a passing seagull out of the sky - before savagely smashing it to death against its perch and eating it.

Bec Adamson was enjoying a 'lovely day out' at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, with her son last Saturday (26 February) 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 unlikely prey by the head and repeatedly slamming it against the side of his enclosure's thin pole.

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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.

The monkey even appears to 'lick blood off its fingers' as the outstretched bird becomes limp following the fatal five-minute battering.

Startled Bec, who was also with former partner Jamie Stockall, 35, says the zoo animal then dropped the seagull, so it quickly climbed down to grab the 'insides' from the carcass and take 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.

The hospitality worker posted her startling video to TikTok on Sunday (6 March) and it's since been viewed more than 2million 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