Yesterday we travel to South Korea to compete in the space-out competition where things were pretty calm for the most part.

The contestants in this competition were on silent mode for 90 minutes, But for today's competition, things get a little louder. And that's

because we will hear screeches from the coastline of Belgium, where people are competing

to be the best seagull creature.

Here's the episode.

Let's face it, seagulls have a pretty bad reputation. They're annoying, extremely loud, love picking

trash, and if you find yourself eating around them, hide your food, they will snatch it from you. They call them the rats of the sea

because of the nuisance they can create, but after all, no sea without seagulls.

This is Jan Seis. He works for the Flanders Marine Institute in Belgium.

Without seagulls you are not at the coast.

This is just part of the coast to sound.

And of course not only the sound. And of course, not only the sound, also the way they can maneuver and fly,

it's just part of the game.

2,000 euros!

And there is a game that is set up on the coastline of Belgium where people are competing to act and mimic the sounds of seagulls.

And perhaps through this contest, people may find that Seagulls are more than just rats of the sea.

I'm a little Morales and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange incredible and wondrous places.

Today we're going inside a pub to see how a group of seagull lovers are advocating for these underappreciated birds and see what it takes to be the best seagull screecher.

More after this.

this. Oh! As a marine biologist, yon spent years observing, watching and listening to the sounds of seagulls.

He kept the count of each bird, tracked the kind of species it was, and took down their

age.

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