Are the Gulls Dangerous - Seagulls?

Glarus is their national name, which according to some hypotheses comes from the Latin genus (g.) Larus, and according to others – from Greek.

They call them the “flying stray dogs of the big city”. The view of a flock of gulls scattering the contents of garbage cans on the street canvas, looking for food, is not uncommon even in large cities. The predatory nature of the gorillas, who are able to swallow a whole rat, makes their status controversial – whether they are useful to cities as “cleaners” or are pests and pollute the urban environment.

The British tabloid “Daily Mail” proclaimed them the “gangsters” of the bird world – because they steal food, cover cars with stools and harass the smaller birds. According to a recent study, 95% of Britons hate seagulls, although others associate them with their romantic memories of the coastline

The seabirds were also among the characters in one of the most famous horror films directed by Alfred Hitchcock – The Birds.

Recently, this storyline is played live after the Island reported gang raiding over small breeds of dogs and other pets, such as turtles.Such attacks occur only during the breeding season when birds protect their youngsters, explains the British Guard. Local authorities in a coastal town, however, took control of their populations and destroyed several hundred eggs from the nests of the “terrorists” that harassed the population and tourists.

A shocking video is circulating in the Web as a gulliver attacks and eats a living dove at Venice’s Saint Mark’s Square. It should touch us no more than the sight of a cat playing with a mouse caught – in the end, both are a predator who feeds on pests and reduces their population. Not all environmentalists think so. Gull opponents warn (often by their own experience) that large birds can literally snatch the breakfast out of your hands as you walk outside, grab a piece of meat from the grate of the yard, or take off the sausages that are dried on the balcony.

According to specialists, however, it is precisely their omnivority that makes them “sailors of the sea”, since, besides fresh fish and urban waste, they feed on dead fish, crustaceans and plant waste discharged on the shore.