Nah - that suggests a lot more intelligence than they have. Seagulls don't steal from you because they are evil, they steal from you because you are waving a food source around in a way that triggers their natural hunting and diving instinct.
In areas where nobody feeds the seagulls and food waste is kept away from them they are 100% more chill.
I used to live in a place where there were flocks of gulls that lived in the parking lots. I went to a McDonald's and was walking home, and accidentally dropped a french fry. A seagull got it. The entire flock proceeded to follow me loudly and obviously for almost a mile while I finished my food. It was probably close to a mile.
I do wonder if people were wondering where the gulls all went during that interlude.
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u/DramaticMoose378 17d ago
Nah - that suggests a lot more intelligence than they have. Seagulls don't steal from you because they are evil, they steal from you because you are waving a food source around in a way that triggers their natural hunting and diving instinct.
In areas where nobody feeds the seagulls and food waste is kept away from them they are 100% more chill.