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Seagull 'hit squad' coming soon to a seaside near you?
It seems the British seaside is under attack, not from 'kiss me quick' hats and sticks of rock, but from the bird everyone loves to hate, the seagull.
A Scottish environment minister, Michael Russell, has unveiled the new plans after promising to be "tough on seagulls and tough on the causes of seagulls".
Dumfries is set to get the seaside 'hit squads' in first, with them aiming to tackle the growing number of the pesky gulls by 'seeking out and destroying seagull nests,' and installing 'deterrents,' which will include 'wires and spikes' to prevent them from returning.
"Dumfries has a particular problem with gulls with regular reports of dive-bombing and litter strewn around the town after a seagull has raided a bin.
"I even read this week about a young paperboy who has had to abandon his deliveries due to constant attacks from the birds." It seems the British seaside is under attack, not from 'kiss me quick' hats and sticks of rock, but from the bird everyone l... more -
Seagull-cam is like a military version of bathtime duckie
Macroswiss, a specialist surveillance equipment provider to the U.S. Army among other organisations, has developed a fascinating range of close-range and unmanned spy-cam equipment that tilts the odds in favour of the informed.
Its Hydrobot surveillance camera masquerades as a seagull sitting on a water surface, but when viewed from beneath it's actually a remote-controlled, twin-propeller camera droid that transmits visuals back to home base where a surveillance target is visible from the water. Macroswiss, a specialist surveillance equipment provider to the U.S. Army among other organisations, has developed a fascinating range... more -
Steven Seagull likes a doughnut
WTF-type story about a seagull that returns to a motel in Minnesota every year, wanting its annual doughnut.
“We don’t feed them if there’s more than one, and he’s figured that out,” said the motel's general manager. WTF-type story about a seagull that returns to a motel in Minnesota every year, wanting its annual doughnut. ... more -
Le Tigre Haircuts
Seagull Haircutters is a salon in New York City that is co-owned by Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre. The pod features an interview with Johanna, the eclectic hair stylists, and a killer Le Tigre score. Seagull Haircutters is a salon in New York City that is co-owned by Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre. The pod features an interview with J... more
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Shoplifting seagull in Scotland gets away with it!!
A seagull in Scotland has developed the habit of stealing chips from a neighborhood shop.
The seagull waits until the shopkeeper isn't looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos.
Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds.
The seagull's shoplifting started early this month when he first swooped into the store in Aberdeen, Scotland, and helped himself to a bag of chips. Since then, he's become a regular. He always takes the same type of chips.
Customers have begun paying for the seagull's stolen bags of chips because they think it's so funny. A seagull in Scotland has developed the habit of stealing chips from a neighborhood shop. ... more
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