Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia
Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia
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The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population
Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia
Just a moment...
The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population
We have evidence of cultural knowledge transfer among groups of animals and people will still claim they don't really learn like humans, and instead only exhibit basic pattern recognition. Gotta deprogram human supremacy out of people.
I bet when you're an animal and you get to drink clean filtered water it's like omg this water is so water yusss
As a counterpoint, if you’re our dog, you’ll have zero interest in clean tap water and instead are super interested in the filthiest most stagnant fetid waters they can find. Go figure.
"Stagnant" "fetid" you mean flavorful
"omg, it doesn't taste like anything, this rules!"
I love them
Birb smart, cute, and cool.
Can the birbs make a map of the drinking fountains that have good pressure? So we know to avoid the ones with no pressure and the ones that go PSSSHHHHWWWWWSHHHH at the slightest press
We live in a Birdciety
Good
Good for them, it gets so fucking hot here