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EXPERTS investigating a rise in seagull attacks claim the birds are lashing out because they are getting drunk on record numbers of flying ants.
Bristol Post readers have contacted the paper to tell us their stories of the problems the gulls cause, including noise nuisance, raiding litter bins and even stealing food from peoples’ hands.
The city council says it receives hundreds of complaints about gulls while it tries to control the 2,500 breeding pairs.
Now scientists say gulls' behaviour is getting worse because the hot temperatures have seen a massive boom in the insects, which they are feeding on.
The ants then turn to formic acid in their stomachs and act like alcohol - causing the gulls to lose inhibitions around humans and brazenly steal food.
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Bristol Post readers have contacted the paper to tell us their stories of the problems the gulls cause, including noise nuisance, raiding litter bins and even stealing food from peoples’ hands.
The city council says it receives hundreds of complaints about gulls while it tries to control the 2,500 breeding pairs.
Now scientists say gulls' behaviour is getting worse because the hot temperatures have seen a massive boom in the insects, which they are feeding on.
The ants then turn to formic acid in their stomachs and act like alcohol - causing the gulls to lose inhibitions around humans and brazenly steal food.
Seagulls drunk on flying ants are attacking people and flying into buildings and cars
Experts investigating a rise in seagull attacks claim the birds are lashing out because they are getting drunk on record numbers of flying a...
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