(One study involved killer whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. An inventive male devised a brand new way to catch birds, and passed the strategy on to his tank-mates. The 4-year-old orca lures gulls into his tank by spitting regurgitated fish onto the water`s surface. He waits below for a gull to grab the fish, then lunges at it with open jaws.) They are in a way setting a trap, ... They catch three or four gulls this way some days.
- Michael Noonan(One study involved killer whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. An inventive male devised a brand new way to catch birds, and passed the strategy on to his tank-mates. The 4-year-old orca lures gulls into his tank by spitting regurgitated fish onto the water`s surface. He waits below for a gull to grab the fish, then lunges at it with open jaws.) They are in a way setting a trap, ... They catch three or four gulls this way some days.
- Michael NoonanBoth whales were pretty good at it. They caught a sea gull once every 20 days or so.
- Michael NoonanThe whale spit fish at the surface of the pool and then sank below and waited. The gull came down to get the fish, and the whale grabbed it.
- Michael NoonanIn fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
- Giacomo Casanova