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PewDiePie revealed that when he was flying out of Malaysia, the flight crew were highly suspicious as he was carrying 'giant-ass portable batteries'
2023-07-04 15:17

Death Stranding 2 was 'rewritten' due to COVID-19
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Scientists discover why gulls always prey on people's food
Anyone who has braved a stroll along England's coastline will be aware of seagulls' tyrannical regime. They prey on people eating chips, they swoop down on unsuspecting holidaymakers licking an ice cream, and they can be quite aggressive indeed. And now, terrifying research has revealed that they are more calculating than you may have previously thought. A University of Sussex study on herring gulls at Brighton beach found that the birds choose what to eat by watching what humans are enjoying. Scientists taped green (salt and vinegar) and blue (cheese and onion) packets of Walkers crisps to tiles and placed them a few metres from gulls on Brighton beach and filmed the birds’ behaviour from a distance. In some cases, the researchers ate from one of the bags of crisps. When the scientists didn't eat, less than a fifth of gulls approached the crisp packets placed nearby. But when the researchers were snacking on crisps, 48 per cent of the birds came to check out the packets. Nearly 40 per cent of such approaches ended with gulls pecking at the crisp packets, and of these, 95 per cent were directed at the same colour packet as the scientist was eating from. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “We’ve shown that adult gulls are able to pay attention to the behaviour of humans and apply that to their own foraging choices,” said Franziska Feist, a biologist and first author on the study. “Given that the urbanisation of gulls is very recent, this ability must come from the gulls’ general smartness and behavioural flexibility.” “It is likely that simply deterring the public from directly feeding gulls may not be enough,” Feist said. “They are still able to observe what we eat and that would inform their ability to target waste, litter and so on.” Dr Madeleine Goumas, an expert on herring gulls at Exeter University who was not involved in the study, said: “We already know from previous research that gulls use information from people when they’re searching for food. “This study shows that we aren’t only drawing gulls’ attention to where food is, but they also learn about the type of food we’re eating. Knowing this may have implications for how we reduce negative interactions between humans and gulls, as we seem to be inadvertently teaching gulls to exploit new food items.” Meanwhile, past alarming research revealed that gulls prefer food that has been touched by people. Overall, it's giving Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-24 22:19

The best VPNs for unblocking Disney+
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2023-08-07 18:23

The best camera drones for aerial photography
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2023-06-02 18:17

GM's Cruise to recall 950 driverless cars after accident involving pedestrian
By David Shepardson Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States and may
2023-11-08 17:48

Musk Says Twitter Cash Flow Still Negative, Lifts Rate Limit
Twitter owner Elon Musk said the company still has a negative cash flow because of its heavy debt
2023-07-16 09:15

Alphabet Shares Gain on Revenue Beat From Google Search
Google parent Alphabet Inc. reported second-quarter revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations, boosted by advertising on the company’s flagship
2023-07-26 17:16

Stanford Medicine and Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence announce RAISE-Health, a responsible AI initiative
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2023-06-14 21:28

These Students are Developing a Nose for (Fake) News
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2023-05-10 22:53

How to Get Alan Wake in Fortnite
To get Alan Wake in Fortnite, players must purchase Alan Wake 2 from the Epic Games Store or buy the "Waking Nightmare" Bundle from the Item Shop on Oct. 26.
2023-10-17 23:50

Stephen J. Harper to Deliver Keynote Address at GoSec Conference
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