New research finds that seagulls are becoming more and more 'hungry': they are bored with grouper.

According to a recent discovery by scientists, albatrosses are very fond of food that has been touched by humans.

New research finds that seagulls are becoming more and more 'hungry': they are bored with grouper. Picture 1

Based on the results of a new scientific paper, we know that albatross prefer the food that has been touched by humans.

Scientists have conducted experiments on albatrosses in the Cornwall district, England. They placed two pieces of cake in front of a seagull. A piece of cake in which a scientist hold for 20 seconds and then put down. Of the 38 albatrosses, 24 approached and removed a pie, 19 out of 24 chose the one touched by humans (79% of the total).

Dr. Laura Kelly of Exter University, the author of the report, said that these findings show the importance of proper food handling.

Lead author of the study, Madeleine Goumas, from the Ecology Conservation Center of Exter University, said: "We want to determine whether gulls are attracted to food, or because humans Our research shows that human influences are likely to play an important role in the way seagulls seek food, and explain why seagulls often migrating to urban areas " .

New research finds that seagulls are becoming more and more 'hungry': they are bored with grouper. Picture 2

'Observation birds'

Dr. Kelley said that seagulls' food is usually fish and invertebrates. However, they can also eat leftovers from households or food in landfills.

Kelley said the report showed that seagulls were more likely to be associated with residential areas using simple food and that they were "more accessible to human food dropped or laid down" .

Tony Whitehead, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said the results of the experiment were "interesting" .

"The unique thing I noticed was the bird's ability to observe," says Whitehead.

He said that people should stop feeding birds because they are "getting used to this" and causing people to hate gulls. "They cannot distinguish between the food given and the food placed , " Whitehead said. "If we can minimize this conflict, the image of seagulls could be improved."

According to BBCNews