Staring at seagulls can stop them stealing food, study suggests

Staring at seagulls can stop them from taking your food, a new study suggests

A man eating food watches seagulls fight for food scraps in Sydney, Australia, Friday, June 24, 2011

Warning signs deck promenade railings across the shore, but now research from the University of Exeter in South West England has suggested an easy way for holiday makers to deter the gulls - just stare at them. “Gulls are often seen as aggressive and willing to take food from humans, so it was interesting to find that most wouldn’t even come near during our tests,” said lead author Madeleine Goumas, of the Center for Ecology and Conservation at Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall.

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