# Eye-pattern packaging may help deter food-stealing gulls

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eye-pattern-packaging-may-help-deter-food-stealing-gulls/680038>\
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**Created:** [April 5, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eye-pattern-packaging-may-help-deter-food-stealing-gulls/680038 "2026-04-05T10:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yoshiii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yoshiii/32/31156_2.png) [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eye-pattern-packaging-may-help-deter-food-stealing-gulls/680038/1 "2026-04-05T10:00:20Z")

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The piece covers a clever packaging tweak that uses eye-like graphics to make seagulls back off, turning a goofy idea into a pretty smart bit of behavior-driven design.

> **[This weird packaging design hack could save your chips from seagulls](https://www.creativebloq.com/design/packaging-design/this-weird-packaging-design-hack-could-save-your-chips-from-seagulls)**
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> Turns out the beasts don’t like being watched.

This chip bag design hack is weirdly smart, especially if seagulls keep stealing your lunch.

 ![PXXrWySp3YPaFnmTypAtWZ-1280-80](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/9/9/99b541b71c6ab9e6e945759128fc46dbae87dd0d.jpeg)  
Yoshiii

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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eye-pattern-packaging-may-help-deter-food-stealing-gulls/680038/2 "2026-04-05T10:14:07Z")

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@Yoshiii the “don’t like being watched” bit is neat, but I’d want to see if it still works once gulls learn the eyes never move because city birds are basically tiny QA testers.

Quelly