Shout at seagulls to stop them stealing your food, research suggests

Researchers looked at different ways of deterring the birds from approaching a box of chips on the ground
Shout at seagulls to stop them stealing your food, research suggests

The experiment found nearly half of those gulls exposed to the shouting voice flew away within a minute.

Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research suggests.

Researchers at the University of Exeter looked at different ways of deterring the birds from approaching a box of chips on the ground.

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