Dumb? The sea seagulls maybe, but the ones moving inland are definitely not. Here in The Netherlands there's an evolutionary difference in growth and cognitive behavior noticeable, as the inland seagulls are able to get much more food. The food is also more diverse and contains more fats. Because the food they eat is our trash, they are also exposed to many fungi and bacteria improving their immune system. To be able to get to our trash they need to open containers and reach into difficult places, improving their cognitive skills. There is a big difference noticeable with seagulls who stay at sea, as they rely on just fish which is harder to get as thanks to us the fish population is greatly reduced. Sea seagulls are often under fed and get ill more often and die due to poisoning (like lead from ships which ends up in the fish they eat). They are doing bad these days, which is what forced groups to find food elsewhere, like in the cities.
And now they are plotting to take control over humans after ages of control by cats. I've seen them and my cats hoarding machine guns, grenades and rocket launchers.
A seagull alone may be dumb and have very little memory of the past, but I am sure that A Flock of Seagulls can remember all the way back to the 1980s.
We have generic tests for the intelligence of birds.
Most famously used on Crows/Parrots, Seagulls are smarter than average and can solve some advanced puzzles, but they're mostly below Corvids or Parrots. We've also tested their memory, they only care about food and can remember places they've gotten food and even the faces of people who they've got food from year to year, but we don't think over too much longer periods.
They're loud, only care about food, they can remember places they've gotten food and are obsessed with those places. Seagulls basically as intelligent as New Yorkers.
Herring gulls are smart, they know if you are looking at them (and usually avoid stealing your food when you do) ^^
Herring gulls respond to human gaze direction | Biology Letters https://share.google/Sdg1k9aoyRVzoiiSi
And have in fact stolen my broodje haring straight out of my fucking hands as I raised it to my mouth to take the first bite. Fucker hit me from behind and curved in at the last second. Zandvoort Summer 2010. Never forget, never forgive!
We have seagulls in my inland city, they breed on an island in our lake. I think the name for our seagulls are silver gulls, famous from the film finding Nemo
so how did that dumb fuck steel your hot dog???? Damn right we remember the 90s, and it's still hammer time. Can't touch yo hot dog. sideways shuffle time
You're a psycho wiener
That log had a child!
Let me grab my beater
Dumb? The sea seagulls maybe, but the ones moving inland are definitely not. Here in The Netherlands there's an evolutionary difference in growth and cognitive behavior noticeable, as the inland seagulls are able to get much more food. The food is also more diverse and contains more fats. Because the food they eat is our trash, they are also exposed to many fungi and bacteria improving their immune system. To be able to get to our trash they need to open containers and reach into difficult places, improving their cognitive skills. There is a big difference noticeable with seagulls who stay at sea, as they rely on just fish which is harder to get as thanks to us the fish population is greatly reduced. Sea seagulls are often under fed and get ill more often and die due to poisoning (like lead from ships which ends up in the fish they eat). They are doing bad these days, which is what forced groups to find food elsewhere, like in the cities.
And now they are plotting to take control over humans after ages of control by cats. I've seen them and my cats hoarding machine guns, grenades and rocket launchers.
I tried to find the article I read a while ago (was in Dutch) but can't seem to find it. Here's a similar article though: https://phys.org/news/2016-07-biologist-evolutionary-brought-seagulls-ocean.pdf
Dutch seagull in action.
Hahaha holy shit
The entire population of Greater Haarlem would like a word about this.
A seagull alone may be dumb and have very little memory of the past, but I am sure that A Flock of Seagulls can remember all the way back to the 1980s.
We have generic tests for the intelligence of birds.
Most famously used on Crows/Parrots, Seagulls are smarter than average and can solve some advanced puzzles, but they're mostly below Corvids or Parrots. We've also tested their memory, they only care about food and can remember places they've gotten food and even the faces of people who they've got food from year to year, but we don't think over too much longer periods.
Are… are you a seagull?
Apparently I am
They're loud, only care about food, they can remember places they've gotten food and are obsessed with those places. Seagulls basically as intelligent as New Yorkers.
I barely remember last week.
maybe you're a seagull, you should check that with your gp
Crows remember the 90s.
Count them.
FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP!
I know a lot of dumb people that think they remember the 90s, and that statement doesn’t exclude myself.
Herring gulls are smart, they know if you are looking at them (and usually avoid stealing your food when you do) ^^ Herring gulls respond to human gaze direction | Biology Letters https://share.google/Sdg1k9aoyRVzoiiSi
De-googled link:
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0405
Which leads to royalsocietypublishing.org
Thanks! I should've done that directly, apologies.
And have in fact stolen my broodje haring straight out of my fucking hands as I raised it to my mouth to take the first bite. Fucker hit me from behind and curved in at the last second. Zandvoort Summer 2010. Never forget, never forgive!
If a seagull lives to it's thirties I imagine it's flying around with nothing but Smashmouth banging around it's brain all day.
Hey now.
or the song lo gabian (the seagull)
I can't relate to being disturbed by the idea that other creatures remember their own lives.
There's a whole Flock of Seagulls that's been around since the 80s!
Are they still around? I heard they ran away. They ran so far away.
These guys are brilliant. Just look at them
I mean, if being able to steal and swindle frequently and successfully is a mark of high intelligence, trump might be a stable genius.
I think they are made of feathers and malice.
Well, there aren't any actual "seagulls". There are different types of gulls. And some seem more intelligent than others.
Are you telling me if I live by the sea, these gulls I see are not seagulls?
Sometimes they live in bays, then they're called bagels.
Yum! I can haz strawberry cream cheese bay gulls?
Technically, correct. They are different types of gulls.
Most popular type is the: Herring Gull.
We have seagulls in my inland city, they breed on an island in our lake. I think the name for our seagulls are silver gulls, famous from the film finding Nemo
How can seagulls be real if our eyes are not real?
Well, birds aren't real... So, it negates the whole seagull debate anyway.
so how did that dumb fuck steel your hot dog???? Damn right we remember the 90s, and it's still hammer time. Can't touch yo hot dog. sideways shuffle time
Stupidity is this what us made different from animals
Can you try that again, without having a stroke?