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‘This is Jerry’: How a Maine lobsterman and a seagull became friends

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Brian Rapp has formed a bond with a seagull named Jerry, who visits his lobster tours in Portland, Maine. Jerry, a herring gull, has been a regular visitor for seven years, delighting tourists with his antics as Rapp feeds the bird crackers. Their relationship can help highlight the declining gull population in the Gulf of Maine, according to experts.

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