AnimalsCroatia
Seagull Fun facts for kids
Larus michahellis
The seagull lives on coasts and rooftops by the Mediterranean and eats fish, crabs and stolen chips.
- Where it lives
- on coasts and rooftops by the Mediterranean
- What it eats
- fish, crabs and stolen chips
- How big it is
- wings as wide as a child is tall
Fun facts about the seagull
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Gulls can drink seawater, because special glands above their eyes take out the salt, which drips out of their nose.
Scientists found gulls are less likely to steal food while a person stares at them, so staring can guard your sandwich.
Chicks peck the red spot on their parent's yellow beak to ask for food, and a scientist won a Nobel Prize for discovering this.
Some gulls drop crabs, snails or mussels from the air onto rocks and roads to crack their shells open.
Gulls sometimes tap their feet on wet grass, which makes earthworms come up to the top.
Scruffy brown gulls are just teenagers, they stay brown for about four years before turning grey and white.
Gulls can sleep while floating on the sea, often with one eye half open.
Gulls have amazing eyesight and can spot an open ice cream cone from far away.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I have feathers and webbed feet, and I can both fly and swim.
I can drink salty sea water, and the salt drips out of my nose afterwards.
My chicks peck a red spot on my yellow beak when they are hungry.
I drop crabs and snails from the air onto rocks to crack their shells open.
At the beach I scream loudly and snatch chips and ice cream right out of your hands.
Sammy might be thinking of a seagull.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the seagull in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
