Cockatoos learn to make and use a tool

After a lone Goffin cockatoo figured out how to make and use a simple tool, others have learned the same trick by watching him

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+4 1. Klemm commented 9 years ago

Oh no! What have you done stupid researchers!!! :S
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+4 2. Mcpro commented 9 years ago

I think that bird is way smarter than many people i know
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+6 3. huldu commented 9 years ago

@Mcpro Especially the ravens and crows. They're on a completely different level.
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+4 4. MindTrick commented 9 years ago

#3 ive seen those experiments too, it gives me the chills, makes me think about if we are all living the right way... which im pretty sure now we arn't...
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+5 5. Malakyte commented 9 years ago

I like the last attempt with the tongue! :P
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+1 6. loadrunner commented 9 years ago

I wonder how they learned the first parrot, to make a tool, to show the others to do it.
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+4 7. bella1 commented 9 years ago

#6 blame Eve she talked Adam into eating that apple and it all escalated from there
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0 8. buckleg08 commented 2 years ago

smart bird..:P
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0 9. Judge-Jake commented 2 years ago

My only concern is how hungry the birds were to be bothered about a single piece of food.