Viewers hoping to watch another sweet episode of Blue Planet Live were left horrified this evening after spotting a seagull snatch a baby turtle.
While a presenter reporting from Heron Island in Australia was talking about the turtle hatcheries, fans spotted the gull sneaking up behind.
Speaking about the green sea turtle, presenter Liz Bonnin said: "We've watched them come up to the sands of Heron to nest and we've also had the great privilege of watching precious new lives, little hatchings emerging from nests and making it in the big blue."
She then turned to conservationist Liz Ferguson, who held a bucket with five baby turtles inside that they would be releasing onto the shore.
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They then released them onto the beach as Liz continued: "They're going to spend hundreds of years in our oceans if all goes well.
And they were left devastated when they spotted the gull swooping in and later carrying a turtle in its beak.
Upset viewers flocked to Twitter in shock.
One tweeted: "Did a seagull just snatch a baby turtle as she was talking??? #BluePlanetLive."
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While another remarked: "I just shrieked at the f***ing seagull nabbing a baby turtle on #BluePlanetLive the chip thieving b******."
A third remarked: "When #BluePlanetLive is making a poignant message about saving the turtles and a baby turtle gets eaten in the background."
Another wrote: "THE SEAGULL JUST GOT THE TURTLE OH MY GOD #BluePlanetLive."
One simply wrote: "Nature is Savage. #blueplanetlive."
*Blue Planet Live airs Sundays at 8pm on BBC One
