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In that moment you stop eating and stare them down, birds don’t like you staring at them because that’s predator behavior. And if the bastards try to lunge at you, you just swiftly try to grab them. In my experience you need only one grab attempt and they don’t dare to come close anymore. Also if you actually manage to yoink them, just throw them away lmao

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Anivia@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, if you actually defend yourself they quickly back off. Same with Goose that so many people are afraid of. Just grab them by the neck and yeet them away

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- porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  But I don’t want to hurt them :(
  
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- TheTurner@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  My dad tried that and ended up clubbing it with a pipe. We had rooster that night.
  
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- WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Can I shove their heads in my mouth? Maybe that will scare them.
  
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buffing_lecturer@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
and then wash your hands

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- red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  No! Lick them slowly to assert dominance! Then die a few days later. To assert dominance.
  
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burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Also lick your lips and show a little teeth. I have a friend who is into bird watching, and apparently the licking of lips is often enough to scare away birds that would otherwise have waited around a little bit longer.

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Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
But I am afraid of eye contact!!

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leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

just throw them away

If I get my hands on one of those things I’m not throwing it away before repeatedly smashing it as hard as I can against the most solid surface I can find in the vicinity. Or against another seagull, if possible.

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- Tonava@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That’s animal cruelty. If you don’t want to toss it, just eat it like any proper predator would
  
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  - leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The stuff those things eat, they’re surely toxic as fuck. Plus, they’re parasites animal cruelty shouldn’t apply to them. And birds. Should’ve gone extinct 65 million years ago with the rest of their ilk.
    
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