Seagulls may be pests for beachgoers making an attempt to take pleasure in time close to the ocean — and at their worst, absolute terrors, attacking meals and joyful moments.
And at a zoo in England, the birds are such a “nuisance,” it is hiring a seasonal “Seagull Deterrent” employee to cease the perky flyers from wreaking havoc on the park.
Blackpool Zoo, a seaside attraction in Lancashire, England is looking for a bunch of enthusiastic staff to decorate up like an eagle in a blow-up costume and scare away the birds earlier than they assault guests, their meals, and different animals of their enclosures.
Sure, it is a actual job.
“We have to do what we are able to to maintain the seagulls away from our predominant customer eating areas, which is why we’re on the lookout for a staff of individuals to hitch our Customer Companies staff as ‘Seagull Deterrents’,” the itemizing reads.
candidates should, in fact, be “comfy carrying a chook costume” in addition to pleasant and energetic, the itemizing says.
“The seagulls are proving to be a little bit of a nuisance in relation to making an attempt to steal meals from our guests and our animal enclosures,” the zoo defined.
The wage for the place was not listed.
The job itemizing, and the picture of the human within the eagle costume, gained a lot reputation that Blackpool Zoo determined to start out a contest to call the mascot on their Fb web page, providing the winner a household ticket to the park and a meet and greet with the human chook.
The itemizing isn’t the primary “distinctive” job posted lately that asks for specialty staff to help with animals.
Final month, the New Mexico Division of Recreation and Fish within the U.S. posted an inventory for “skilled bear huggers” whose necessities embrace having the ability to “hike in strenuous situations, have the braveness to crawl right into a bear den, and have the belief in your coworkers to maintain you secure through the course of.”
Blackpool Zoo is roughly 32 acres giant and is house to over 1,350 animals from across the globe.