Seagulls might be pests for beachgoers making an attempt to get pleasure from 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 searching for a gaggle of enthusiastic employees 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 essential customer eating areas, which is why we’re on the lookout for a workforce of individuals to hitch our Customer Providers workforce as ‘Seagull Deterrents’,” the itemizing reads.

candidates should, in fact, be “comfy carrying a chicken costume” in addition to pleasant and energetic, the itemizing says.

“The seagulls are proving to be a little bit of a nuisance in terms of 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 recognition 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 chicken.

The itemizing just isn’t the primary “distinctive” job posted not too long ago that asks for specialty employees to help with animals.

Final month, the New Mexico Division of Sport and Fish within the U.S. posted an inventory for “skilled bear huggers” whose necessities embody having the ability to “hike in strenuous circumstances, have the braveness to crawl right into a bear den, and have the belief in your coworkers to maintain you protected through the course of.”

Blackpool Zoo is roughly 32 acres giant and is residence to over 1,350 animals from across the globe.