Salford University findings show gulls are predators – not just opportunists snatching people’s snacks
In pictures: Octopus? Ice cream? Is there anything gulls don’t eat?
Gulls are renowned for snatching chips from tourists’ hands, but a scientific project has revealed the greedy birds also like to tuck into moles and quench their thirst with seal milk.
The discovery was among several surprising findings made by a University of Salford ecologist, Dr Alice Risely, after she set up a project asking the public to send her pictures of seagulls eating.
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