Sick of seagulls stealing your chips? Stare them down, scientist says
Briefly

Nobody has their chips stolen twice, it is a tax you pay as a tourist when you arrive at a seaside town.
If a bird is in the air, making calls, and you are worried it might try to attack you then just simply staring at that bird and pointing at it will stop it from coming towards you.
'One of the things they are renowned for is being kleptoparasitic, which means they steal food from other species so they are using their intelligence to be thieves rather than putting in the hard work catching that food in the first place,' Professor Graham said.
'In terms of foraging on human food then as a group, as a society we just need to reduce the amount of litter,' he said.
Read at Mail Online
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