#PSA: Don't feed wild animals. PSA 2: Beasts in cities are still wild animals.

Two gulls just flew *at* a little girl on the station to get at her doughnut and then when she had finished screaming, she fed a bit of it to the gull as an offering. They didn't go away, it attracted more of them. They have learned that humans are essentially harmless; quite rightly, no one hits or frightens them, so they come back for more. Don't feed wild animals.

#anthropogenic #biology #ecology #animals

@patchwork_mind This reminds me of the seagulls at Granville Island in Vancouver. They will divebomb you for any food they think you're not holding tightly enough. Many a good person has lost a bagel that way. No serious injuries that I've ever heard of, but I don't live there so I don't know for sure.