A nine-year-old British boy has won an international seagull screeching 競争 with his uncanny impression of the bird.
Cooper Wallace 最初 irritated his parents with his impersonations, but he is now 支持する／優勝者 of Europe thanks to his unusual talent.
'My school friends thought it was annoying at first. But not now. I did it,' the youngster from Derbyshire said proudly.?
The bird 熱中している人 travelled with his parents and sister from his home in Chesterfield to …に出席する the European Gull Screeching 支持する／優勝者s in La Panne, Belgium.
All his practice paid off, and he （機の）カム out on 最高の，を越す against dozens of other competitors, with an impressive 92 out of 100 points - the highest 得点する／非難する／２０ in both the 青年 and adult 部類s.
Cooper Wallace is seen 参加するing in the?fourth 年次の meeuwenschreeuwen, or 'gull 叫び声をあげるs 競争'
'Your life will never be the same again,' he was told by organiser Claude Will?aert, who 公式文書，認めるd that it w as 'a 二塁打 first, as the UK was 代表するd at our European 選手権s for the first time.'
Cooper decided he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to become 'Seagull Boy' - just like how Peter Parker became Spider Man after 存在 bitten by an arachnid - when he was nipped by a bird while eating a マグロ 挟む at the beach.
'I feel like they are a really nice animal, I like them because of their noise,' he told the BBC, though he 認める he was still '用心深い' of the birds, when eating by the sea.
While his high-pitched shrieks were at first annoying to those around him, his mum Lauren began to realise that he had a talent.
'People would start to turn around and look for the seagull,' she said.?
The family were told about the 競争 while enjoying a day out at a soft play centre, when Lauren told Cooper's sister to follow the seagull sound to find him.
He said a man overheard and 'could not stop laughing', before telling them about the 競争 in Belgium.?
The family decided to …に出席する the?fourth 年次の meeuwenschreeuwen, or 'gull 叫び声をあげるs 競争' on Sunday, and Cooper impressed 裁判官s with his 技術.
A パネル盤 of 専門家 裁判官s 得点する／非難する／２０d Cooper and other contestants on their shrieks and 事実上の／代理
Jan Seys, a 海洋 biologist and one of the 裁判官s, said: 'He managed to 含む several call types in his 業績／成果 and each of them 似ているd a real seagull call in a most impressive way.
'In fact, for me, he was not only the best of the young 関係者s, but of all those who took part in the 選手権.'
Like many of his fellow contestants, Cooper dressed up and behaved like one of the birds for the contest, even?肺ing at a large 反対／詐欺 of 半導体素子s held by his sister Shelby.
A 陪審／陪審員団 awards points based on the screeching, which 量s to 75 per cent of the total 得点する／非難する／２０, and 事実上の／代理, which makes up the 残りの人，物.
Competitors are told to 'screech and behave as a seagull. Do it 井戸／弁護士席, because you have only one chance'.?
The calls are 示すd on their 'timbre', 'rhythm' and 'variation', Mr Seys 追加するd, pointing out that seagulls' sounds 変化させる depending on the 状況／情勢.?
The calls are 示すd on their 'timbre', 'rhythm' and 'variation', によれば one of the 裁判官s
'Seagulls have a 公正に／かなり 広範囲にわたる repertoire of sounds,' he said, '範囲ing from alarm calls to long calls that make it （疑いを）晴らす that they do not want any unwanted 侵入者s in their 領土.'?
'The gull 報知係 who can 逮捕（する） this variation 井戸／弁護士席, and 論証する it as truthfully as possible, 勝利，勝つs.'?
The 目的（とする） of the 競争, which is 裁判官d by seabird 専門家s, is to give the often 人気がない birds a better 評判 and 妨げる?'摩擦 between seagulls and humans', によれば organisers.
One Belgium contestant, who took third place in the adult contest, 宣言するd that people should?'stop calling them the ネズミs of the coast or of the sky.'?
Joke De ?Keyrel, 26, told The Times: 'Every time I come to the seaside, I associate their cries with happiness, tranquillity, peace, in short, a wonderful feeling,' before 公約するing: 'Next year I will return for gold.'
