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Food-Snatching Gull In Your Vicinity? Study Suggests Making Eye Contact

Researchers in the U.K. found that making eye contact with the hungry gulls may deter them from swiping your food.
A seagull watches as people eat at a seafront in England.

Herring gulls commonly breed in urban areas. This means they nest in roofs, rather than cliffs, and need a different kind of food from their usual marine prey.

But these gray-and-white, pink-legged birds () don't like to wait for a meal, especially when they have young to feed.

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