Greed, personified

(I already know this is a crappy picture - no comments, please)

The movie "Finding Nemo" really had the character of seagulls down to perfection.  All too frequently, we see a seagull who has taken on a starfish.  And like this guy, they'll have one arm down their throat, while the starfish is hanging on with all it's remaining arms to the seagull's neck for evedrything it's worth. 

The battle between the two living creatures sometimes takes as much as an hour.  But I've never seen the seagull lose.

Greed triumphs.

Greed, personified