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Originally Posted by fernando
Speaking of shoplifting ...
Look what hapenned in a supermarket in Aberdeen, Scotland, with an unemployed seagull.
She enters the shop, after checking that the keeper is looking in the opposite direction, and grabs a packet of chips.
The amazing thing is that she picks up allways the same brand, 'Doritos Cheese'; comes out, opens the packet and splits the contents with her bird friends.
Observe the difference of speed when she enters and after comes out the door, with the stolen product.
Fernando
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Fernando my friend!
I was going to post this myself when I got the chance to hunt the clip out on youtube.
Isn't she a fantastic little bird?
I live in a seaside town in an important breeding area for the sadly declining Herring-gull (like the bird in the clip). They are cheeky and love to steal chips, burgers, and anything they can from unsuspecting holiday makers in the summer.
Sadly there are those here who hate them, and many of each years new babies are killed (often deliberately) on the roads after coming off of the rooftop nesting sites as they learn to fly.
I have saved many over the years, well those that I could
Nursed them back to health etc. Two are still daily visitors to my garden for some warm brown toast! They recognise individual people and I can easiily imagine the one in Scotland having a favourite flavour of crips!
They are smart, funny, subtle and complicated. I would rate their intelligence as very high. They can live up to 30 years.
One of my favourite creatures and probobly the thing I like most about living by the ocean.