Gulls are large gray and white birds that live near the ocean.

海是生活海洋附近的大型灰色和白色鸟类。

I was worried to see unhealthy leftover snacks being eaten by sea gulls.

我担心地看到海啃食被吃剩的不健康的小吃。

In the past, the Huna Tlingit harvested gull eggs every year.

过去，亨娜特林吉特人每年都会收获海蛋。

An example of a species of least concern would be the laughing gull.

一个‘无危物种’的例子是笑。

But don't get distracted. Because one of those gulls may soon go after your food.

但不要分心。因为其中一只海可能很快就要追逐你的食物。

At last… but one gull won't keep her fed for long.

终于… … 但一只海也不够吃很久。

Herring gulls and wood turtles also sometimes drum their feet on the earth to summon worms.

银和木雕水龟有时也会地面上跺脚来吸引蚯蚓。

Gull eggs are an important type of food for the Huna Tlingit.

海蛋是亨娜特林吉特人的重要食物。

See all the gulls? The shorebirds?

看见海了吗？它们是滨鸟。

But the challenge is what to do about gulls who are desperate to feast on your chips.

但难就难到底该如何对付那些不顾一切地想吃掉你的薯条的海。

It's thought the sea gulls contracted the bugs from sewage and soiled nappies while scavenging on household waste.

据认为，海生活垃圾中觅食时，从污水和脏尿布中感染了这种细菌。

The gulls try to panic the puffins in the hope that they'll drop some of their sand eels.

银试图威吓海鹦，使它们丢下几条口中的沙鳗。

When I did see it happen, gulls often swooped in from behind, and the people were completely oblivious.

我看到海抢食物时，它们经常从后面扑进来，人们完全没有注意到。

JFK airport in New York used to experience a problem with a nearby colony of gulls flying overhead.

纽约肯尼迪机场曾一直遭受机场附近一群海过境的困扰。

Those things can include disease and threats from predators, like gulls, which the interns occasionally have to shoot.

比如灾害、捕食者的威胁。捕食者包括但不限于海。所以实习生们有时候要射杀这些海。

Gulls aren't the only ones who behave better when being watched.

海并不是唯一被监视时表现得更好的动物。

And it turns out, staring down the gulls made them hesitate 21 seconds on average before approaching the fries.

结果发现，平均来说，目不转睛地盯着海会让它们犹豫21秒后再靠近薯条。

So don't turn your back on the gulls, she says.

所以不要对海置之不理。

Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.

屋外，海波涛澎湃的长岛海域上空盘旋，我能见它们的声声尖叫。

The experiment went like this: A researcher crouched near a gull, then set out a plastic bag of french fries.

一名研究人员蹲一只海附近，然后摆上一塑料袋薯条。