Just to let you know this question is for my son who is six. So an easy answer please.?

Question

How far can Seagulls smell ? If I (he) stood with a piece of raw fish in his hand, what would the furthest away a seagull would be able to smell it?

Answer 1

yes I believe they hunt with their sense of sight

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Answer 2

Not very far at all.

Whether birds have a sense of smell or not has been a much debated question by ornithologists. Modern data based on experiments and anatomy of both the nasal cavities and the olfactory lobes of the brain suggest that most birds have practically no sense of smell. The exceptions are Kiwis which have poor eyesight and hunt worms using their sense of smell. Several species of tubenoses which can detect the smells of fish oils floating on the surface of the sea, allowing them to find schools of fish or anchovies because their messy feeding causes an oily scum to form on the surface of the sea. The third group of birds definitely known to use smell to locate food are the vultures - both old world and new world species have been shown to find carcasses by smell to varying degrees. Other groups of birds with well developed olfactory lobes, but for which the actual evidence of the use of smell to locate prey is lacking, include various waders, many water birds, nightjars and swifts.

Answer 3

Much would depend on the size of the piece of fish. If the wind is bringing the smell to them they can detect a trawler  bringing in it's nets at 2 miles. Seabirds have a much more developed sense of smell than the birds you find in your garden.

If seagulls could talk, one could sit on your roof and tell you what species of fish you were holding.

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Answer 4

Hello,

(ANS) if the wind is in the correct direction a seagull would probably be able to smell the raw fish at least 300 meters away. But it would depend also "how" smelly the fish was too.

TEE HEE :-))

Ivan.

Answer 5

Seagulls do have a sense of smell, but it is not particularly good so unless it is standing right under his nose, it won't smell it.

However, as long as it can see it, it will go for it!

Answer 6

I believe it has more to do with eyesight.