Seagulls

Foxhound38 · 30-06-2013 11:33AM #1

What's with the size of the feckers these days? Was on Moore Street the other day and I swear to jaysus, some of them looked the size of turkeys!

And no fear on the feckers either - twould walk straight up to ya without a care in the world. Seeing the same impertinence with Pigeons these days too! Back in the day, birds knew their place in the world and kept a good distance from people!

MonkstownHoop · 30-06-2013 11:34AM

Birds should stay in the kitchen

V_Moth · 30-06-2013 11:49AM

I blame steroids.

kneemos · 30-06-2013 11:56AM

Getting fat like the rest of us on Donar Kebabs and chips.

orestes · 30-06-2013 12:00PM

They're growing to fill the evolutionary niche left by the Polish eating all the swans.

Firefox11 · 30-06-2013 12:09PM

It's only a matter of time for this to happen then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D15HPy4x73g

Ten of Swords · 30-06-2013 12:15PM

Must have been a damn good sandwich if she went back for it...

Foxhound38 · 30-06-2013 12:19PM

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Must have been a damn good sandwich if she went back for it...

That is EXACTLY the sort of cheekiness we can expect as long as we refuse to put the Seagulls in their place! :pac:

af_thefragile · 30-06-2013 12:30PM

I like seagulls. They're cute... :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqy9hxhUxK0

stefan idiot jones · 30-06-2013 02:53PM

http://youtu.be/AffGN5OYCFY

Check out this greedy git.

af_thefragile · 30-06-2013 03:09PM

They'll eat anything really!!

wendell borton · 30-06-2013 03:21PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA

DwightSchrute1 · 30-06-2013 03:24PM

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea

Foxhound38 · 30-06-2013 03:44PM

DwightSchrute1 wrote: »

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea

So it's the EU's fail then!

Sala · 30-06-2013 03:59PM

A seagull pooped out from behind a bin at me in town, gave me the fright of my life, he was massive. Must be whatever he is finding in the bins these days

30-06-2013 04:01PM

Sellafield seagulls.

Gremlinertia · 30-06-2013 04:08PM

Sala wrote: »

A seagull pooped out from behind a bin at me in town, gave me the fright of my life, he was massive. Must be whatever he is finding in the bins these days

Savage aim from that gull....:rolleyes:

Foxhound38 · 30-06-2013 04:14PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

I like seagulls. They're cute... :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqy9hxhUxK0

The theiving little fecker! :P

Capt'n Midnight · 01-07-2013 01:59AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU

UFO abduction and all that.

IvySlayer · 01-07-2013 02:03AM

Yes, some of the seagulls in Dublin are fecking massive. Wouldn't like to be eating near them!

In the bird world, females are actually up to third larger than the males, go astound your friends with that knowledge :cool:

Ruudi_Mentari · 01-07-2013 02:04AM

they sweep in when the climates good, like marauding scum and shìt on us from a height

and that fcuking sound, they make can be scary like someone's gettin raped

IvySlayer · 01-07-2013 02:06AM

Swans are pompous pricks. Even seagulls don't want to be near them.

Ruudi_Mentari · 01-07-2013 02:09AM

I think they should be the national bird

aidoh · 01-07-2013 02:14AM

There are over ten different species of gulls in Ireland, lots of which look very similar but vary a lot in size, feather / bill colour and behaviour.

Some gulls of the same species will naturally be larger in the summer because they were born in early spring and have been growing ever since.

So if you think gulls are getting bigger it's likely that you're confusing one species for another, or you're looking at individuals of the same species over the space of a few months.

It's not thanks to the EU (!), nor is it because of warmer weather (barring the odd migratory species) or male / female size differences.

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/IrelandsBirds/GullsTerns/tabid/187/Default.aspx

Foxhound38 · 01-07-2013 02:25AM

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

I think they should be the national bird

+100

The idea of it just seems to fit us so well for some reason

Joe prim · 01-07-2013 02:53AM

Sala wrote: »

A seagull pooped out from behind a bin at me in town, gave me the fright of my life, he was massive. Must be whatever he is finding in the bins these days

Seagulls pooping at you, that is frightening, though not particularly unusual, although doing so from behind a bin indicates that they are developing certain ballistic capabilities hitherto unavailable to normal birds, who usually just poop randomly downwards on you.Can you give us an idea of the muzzle velocity of the poop which came at you from behind the bin, or were you too traumatised to take technical notes ?

FanadMan · 01-07-2013 03:04AM

Used to be loads of them about here (on the coast) but the numbers seem to be falling every year. Think they've all moved to the cities/rubbish dumps.

dodderangler · 01-07-2013 03:06AM

They're big over here but you should see them in Liverpool!
Ba5tards nearly follow you have for a chip and these lads are HUUUUGE!

DominoDub · 03-07-2013 11:14AM

How to survive a seagull attack

The Royal Mail has halted deliveries on one Cornish street because of gull attacks on postmen. But with the birds thriving in urban areas, we can only expect more such stories involving these heavily armed birds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/shortcuts/2013/jul/02/how-to-survive-seagull-attack