Post #2104442
2026-05-05 19:27 UTC
also: "Influence of size... the giant egg was chosen 6 times whereas the normal [sized] egg was never taken. All birds which were given the large egg became very excited and made frantic attempts to cover it"
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@sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social 2026-05-05 19:34
Tinbergen was the first to study animal behaviour as a science - ethology - with his study of gull behaviours, and the book is probably a little outdated now in that regard, but it has very readable descriptions of Gull behaviours. It was certainly the book I read that made me realise gulls were more than just angry squaking chip thieves! You can loan it at Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/herringgullsworl0000tinb_o4l0
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@neckspike@indiepocalypse.social 2026-05-05 19:37
@sarahdalgulls 🤣 "Wow look at what I made!"