A clever cockatoo picked up a human skill—and then it spread Sulphur-crested cockatoos aren’t the first species that has shown the ability to learn from each other, a phenomenon called social learning once thought to be exclusive to humans They aren’t
Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia - AAAS Now, scientists have discovered an even more impressive skill: One flock of cockatoos has learned how to operate human drinking fountains, performing a complex series of twists and holds to release the water into their mouths
A Clever Cockatoo Picked up a Human Skill—and Then It Spread Sulfur-crested cockatoos in western Sydney have learned to use twist-handle water fountains to drink, according to Aussie researchers who set camera traps The team recorded the clever cockies gripping the valve and lowering their weight to twist it with a success rate of 46%
Cockatoos Learn to Use Sydney’s Water Fountains And Now Theyre . . . What makes the cockatoos’ fountain hack even more remarkable is how it spread Birds in different suburbs picked up the trick without human teaching Researchers believe this is an example of social learning—cockatoos watching and copying each other, passing down a shared behavior much like culture in humans
A clever cockatoo picked up a human skill—and then it spread A clever cockatoo picked up a human skill—and then it spread Sulphur-crested cockatoos have previously mastered garbage bins Now, it’s water fountains Australia’s sulphur-crested cockatoos are bringing a new meaning to the term “bird-brained,” one innovation at a time
Australian cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans Somewhere in the last decade, in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, a parrot learned to pull the lid off of a trash can First it stood on the edge of the lid and, bending head over heels, pried
Clever cockatoos learn through social interaction - Max Planck Society For the first time, a team of international scientists have proven that cockatoos, an iconic Australian bird species, learn from each other a unique skill – lifting garbage bin lids to gather food The world-first research published today in Science, confirms that cockatoos spread this novel behavior through social learning Led by Barbara