Via Calishat (@researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host) on Mastodon:

#birds #seagulls #GooglyEyes

'Researchers in the UK studied how European herring gulls ...in the city reacted to various types of takeout boxes. The gulls were substantially less likely to approach or peck at boxes that had googly eyes attached to them, they found. '

https://gizmodo.com/this-ridiculously-simple-trick-might-stop-gulls-from-nabbing-your-lunch-2000742276 ''