{"id":882,"date":"2014-10-09T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=882"},"modified":"2014-10-09T17:15:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:15:14","slug":"the-seagull-and-the-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/882","title":{"rendered":"The seagull and the shell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not long ago I was on the beach near Conwy, in North Wales, watching the birds fly up and drop shellfish onto the rocks below to crack the shells: something they must have learned a long time ago. Luckily I had my camera handy, and shot the sequence; mouseover slideshow for captions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-46b8cca10d00f3c6a10306312872a5b2-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-1-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"A gull locates a suitable shell ....\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-1-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-1-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-1-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"A gull locates a suitable shell ....\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-1-conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" 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water.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"... and picks it out of the water.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"46b8cca10d00f3c6a10306312872a5b2\">\n\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-2-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Carrying the shell the gull flies upwards ...\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"Carrying the shell the gull flies upwards ...\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"46b8cca10d00f3c6a10306312872a5b2\">\n\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-3-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-4-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"... until it reaches a suitable height, when ...\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-4-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-4-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-4-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"... until it reaches a suitable height, when ...\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-4-conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" 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below.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/140223-gull-and-shellfish-5-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gull-and-the-shellfish\/thumbs\/thumbs_140223-gull-and-shellfish-5-Conwy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-5-Conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"... it drops the shell onto the rocks below.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"140223-gull-and-shellfish-5-conwy\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" 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