A laughing gull is a type of bird that lives in coastal areas along the Atlantic coast. Their natural diet includes insects, mollusks, and small fish. They will sometimes eat eggs from other birds. In areas populated with people, they will scavenge for leftover human food. Imagine you are at the beach and see two hungry laughing gulls fighting over a small fish in a tidal pool. This is an example of _________.(1 point)

Question

A laughing gull is a type of bird that lives in coastal areas along the Atlantic coast.  Their natural diet includes insects, mollusks, and small fish.  They will sometimes eat eggs from other birds.  In areas populated with people, they will scavenge for leftover human food.  Imagine you are at the beach and see two hungry laughing gulls fighting over a small fish in a tidal pool.  This is an example of _________.(1 point)
Responses

between competition
between competition

intraspecific competition
intraspecific competition

interspecific competition
interspecific competition

reproductive competition
reproductive competition

GPT-4o mini · Answer

This is an example of **intraspecific competition**, as the two laughing gulls are competing for the same food resource (the small fish) within their own species.