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- 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%
- Clever cockatoos learn through social interaction, study finds
Scientists have shown that cockatoos can learn from each other a unique skill -- lifting garbage bin lids to gather food The research confirms that cockatoos spread this novel behavior
- 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
Sulphur-crested cockatoos have previously mastered garbage bins Now, it’s water fountains
- 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
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