Staring down seagulls can stop them stealing your chips

a seagull near a man on a bench holding chips

Help the birds at bay with an easy staring contest

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The specter of having your ice cream or chips pilfered by a seagull will be acquainted to anybody who goes on seaside holidays within the UK, however a examine suggests there might perhaps be a formula to decide on avian scavengers at bay: decide your eyes on them.

Madeleine Goumas on the College of Exeter and her colleagues ran an experiment with 19 seagulls in seaside cities in Cornwall. An experimenter placed a catch of chips on the ground and crouched within the encourage of it, 1.5 metres away. When …

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