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Seagulls are regarded as nuisances by many people (especially in urban coastal areas) not only because of their tendency to drop large globs of avian doo-doo on unsuspecting pedestrians, but also because they are aggressive, opportunistic scavengers. These birds are not just resourceful, they are also patient: Once a seagull has identified a potential food source, it may stand still with its eyes locked on the prize, waiting as long as necessary for just the right opening to dash in, snatch some edibles, and escape safely — much to the consternation of many an outdoor diner. In July 2007, a seagull in Aberdeen, Scotland, made the news for a rather unusual manifestation of sneaky scavenging behavior. The bird, named Sam by the locals, developed the habit (as shown above) of strolling through an open door into the RS McColl newsagents shop there, snatching bags of cheese-flavored Doritos from a rack just inside the entryway, and dashing away: According to store personnel, Sam always birdlifted the same flavor of Doritos (perhaps due to the color of the packaging), carrying the bags outside the store, where he ripped them open and (along with other birds) devoured their contents. The BBC reported shop assistant Sriaram Nagarajan as saying of Sam: A spokesman for Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) also noted of Sam:
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