Gulls (Seagulls)

Skuas.Skuas are large gull like birds actually related more to jaegers than gulls.They live mostly in the north Atlantic,but can be found almost anywhere over the oceans of the world.They are almost hawk-like in their predatory assaults on seabird nesting colonies,often swooping down to panic the prey into flight,then catching them on the wing!

Although the Peregrine Falcon gets all the publicity for being the fastest living animal on earth, all the large falcons have the ability to exceed 250 MPH in a long stoop from high altitudes. These include the Gyrfalcon, Prairie Falcon, and all the now sought after hybrids of these individual species. Gravity favors a heavier bird such as a Gyrfalcon, (being the largest), but also the hardest/tightest feathered bird (being the peregrine) which has less drag at high speeds. Now, in a straight line flight with no angel of attack, a Gyrfalcon can regularly out pull a Peregrine, and out distance one too with it's more powerfull build. So for a combined speed average, probably the Gyrfalcon is the fastest.

I think there are 2 possible answers:

1. the sound the seagulls make bounce off the sea making it un-noticebely echo.

2. They have to be loud because of the loudness scale of the wind and/or waves. If they were quiet then they couldn't hear each other is there was danger or if they had to call someone.

I think it is because they are indangered animals.

because they eat littered food, for a cleaner enviornment

haven't seen it yet, but they do eat cardboard (fries container), i tried feeding them the portions with ketchup on it first, and then when i ran out of the ketchup portions, i tried tossing the rest ripped to small pieces and they ate it all.

kind of make sense since cardboard is wood/plant based.

And I have seen lots of them at the garbage dump eating.

I was told that they eat carpet too, (but don't know for sure, haven't seen it).

The cousin to a seagull is called a tern.

Answer 1:

No they don't; crabs can't fit in their beak.

Answer 2:

Some crabs may be too large to fit in the beak of a smaller gull but most gulls do consume crabs. Gulls also eat fish and carrion.

A small gull can be called a Tern.

No, they do not. It is an urban legend based on the fact that seagulls cannot release gases, thus their stomachs will explode. However, this is false as they regurgitate to feed their young.

Okay, the person why typed that has never tried it.

I have a aunt and uncle who were in the marines and sea gull infestation was a problem. People on the ship would sometimes used alka seltzer to horde them off. It does in fact make them explode from in inside out. Please don't try it, its a very painful death.

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The above about exploding seagulls is false. Here's a quick physics lesson to help illustrate the point.

Even if a seagull ate 5 Alka-Seltzers, most likely they'd regurgitate it since it doesn't taste good; but let's assume you wrapped a piece of bread around it, got the gull to eat it, their digestive system is similar to ours in that, they have an OPENING at the mouth, and an OPENING at the end/rear; neither of these OPENINGS are sealed, corked or in any way able to self-contain pressure built up inside the stomach.

The gull would simply burp/regurgitate the tablets or expel (fart) out the gas produced. It is impossible to blow up a gull (or any other animal) using Alka-Seltzer, it's an urban legend, 100%, go to Snopes.com and see.

Here is an excerpt from someone who attempted to blow up a gull....

A friend of mine who lives in Corpus Christi tried to feed Alka-Seltzer to seagulls a few years ago (in the name of science.) My friend reported that the gulls did not want to eat the plain tablets (I would think that, to a bird, they look like flat little rocks,) so my friend wrapped the Alka-Seltzer in Wonder Bread and glommed the bread down tightly around the tabs. The gulls grabbed the bread-wrapped tablets, gulped them down, and a moment later, barfed them up again. No explosions, unless vomiting counts as an explosion. Considering how easy it is to concoct a Photoshopped fake, I would be very skeptical of any images that claim to show a seagull bursting from effervescent antacid intake.

gulls mainly come further inland during rough seas. as its harder to get food from the sea during these times, they then come inland to see what they get instead. if you had the choice to go under a massive wave for a fish... or simply go inland and get all u can eat at the local tip/waste area... what would you choose!? lol..

hope this helps. x

what kind of question is that. why do you look at your feet?


duh; smart response - it was probably a real question -


- I have pictures of flocks of gulls standing at the shore line - they periodically bow their heads and looks at their feet for a minute or two then look up again - this is not sleeping behavior -


- I can't find any reference as to why this odd behavior but I suspect it might have something to do with their two salt glands removing high salt concentrations from their blood - they drinking sea water - the excess salt is eliminated as water droplets from their nostrils - when they bow their heads, the salty droplets fall from their beaks -


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No. A gull will not explode from eating meat or from an alkaseltzer tablet. Both are legends. While I have you here, I learned that there are no birds called "seagulls". They are just "gulls". There are different types of gulls, but no seagulls.

actually in Scotland there are birds called seagulls most commonly found in places near the sea hence the name, maybe you should do your research and i have no idea if its true but i woul dlike to find out for my own knowledge

ACTUALLY, they're called 'gulls'. One type of gull is called a seagull, just as another is called a larus gull, a piscivirous gull and there are even gulls that dwell in caves. So you're both right.

no it is extremly dangerous and is high in citrus acid

The average size of a sea gull's egg is 1 to 2 ounces, depeding on the conditions the parent sea gulls were living in. The amount of food and water can change the size of the egg. The physical condition of the gull also counts, but either way, the eggs are mostly 1 to 2 ounces, as I said before.

No,most do not migrate.

Yes, The Seagulls Fluids in its body makes it expand and than blow up and fall to the ground.

Seagull eggs are laid and nested two to three at a time, and it takes about 26 days from laying to hatching. It really depends on the gull species. But for herring gulls, the above guideline is fairly accurate.

every continent except Antarctica. They can also not just live around the sea they are often spotted around markets looking for food.

mews

because they are mean

and uber-socially-incapable

Gulls like to sleep out in the open where they can see predators coming. They sleep on quiet stretches of beach or on sand dunes or sand bars. If they are not close to the beach, they will sleep in any open area - even a parking lot!

well only if the seagull finds a dead human on the ground or something and just starts eating the skin and gross stuff liek that

Because jorden McMahon

Rapes them ;)