12 Drops.The Crab Didn't Stand a Chance #wildlife #animals #viral #omg #facts #animalshorts #birds

Gulls are among the most cognitively advanced birds in the world — they use tools, solve puzzles, and pass learned behaviors between individuals through social observation. The technique of dropping hard-shelled prey from height — called "drop-foraging" — has been documented in herring gulls, western gulls, and several corvid species. The behavior is not hardwired: it spreads culturally within populations, meaning gulls in areas with piers and hard surfaces develop it, while inland populations may not. A gull selects drop height based on shell thickness — harder crabs get dropped from greater heights, demonstrating real-time problem-solving. Studies show gulls also preferentially drop shellfish onto hard surfaces like asphalt and concrete over sand or grass, suggesting spatial reasoning. The herring gull, common on the US Atlantic coast including Fire Island, has an average lifespan of 25–30 years — more than enough time to master the physics of a free fall.

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