A study reveals that seagulls choose what food to eat by observing humans

An investigation carried out by experts from the University of Sussex and collected by 'The Guardian' reveals that seagulls choose which food is worth eating by observing humans. To carry out the study, carried out on Brighton beach, they offered the seagulls two types of chips, one inside a red bag and the other inside a blue bag..

They left both packages near the seagulls and went back several meters to record how the animals behaved.. When the researchers were standing, just watching the gulls, around 20% of the gulls would come over to eat potatoes from the bags..

However, at the time when the researchers ate potatoes from similar bags, 48% of the birds approached the packages to eat.. It is also striking that, of all the seagulls that ate, 95% chose the package of the same color that the researcher was holding.

“We have shown that adult gulls can pay attention to the behavior of humans and apply it to their own feeding choices,” biologist Franziska Feist explained to 'The Guardian'. Thus, after this investigation, they consider that perhaps the classic “Do not feed the seagulls” signs that can be read on some beaches are not enough..