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Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them?

Rob Beschizza
Nov 12, 2025
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A seagull and its dinner. Photo: penofoto / Shutterstock

Growing up on the coasts of England, I was untroubled by the seagulls. It’s as if we had some kind of cosmic bargain: they did’t steal my chips, and I didn’t yell at them. This is not the usual human experience of Larus argentatus, of course, and any tourist visiting Bognor Regis or Prestatyn or Se…

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