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Woozy seagulls acting “drunk” thanks to flying ant binge

Lesser black-backed gull near the ocean. (Courtesy of British Trust for Ornithology via SWNS)

By Faye Mayern

Seagulls acting "drunk" and disrupting traffic by stumbling around could be due to feasting on swarms of flying ants coming out in the heat of summer.

Woozy seagulls acting “drunk” thanks to flying ant binge

Dr. Viola Ross-Smith from the British Trust for Ornithology says eating flying ants makes seagulls act strange. (Courtesy of British Trust for Ornithology via SWNS)

Woozy seagulls acting “drunk” thanks to flying ant binge

A herring gull swoops down. (Courtesy of British Trust for Ornithology via SWNS)

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