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I am wondering where sulphur-crested cockatoo are on the scale. Before seeing some in freedom up close in Australia, I never realized they actually could grab o
by Iv 7y ago
I am wondering where sulphur-crested cockatoo are on the scale. Before seeing some in freedom up close in Australia, I never realized they actually could grab objects with their claws like they are hands and put them in their mouth.
They seemed very smart to me. I wonder if they lose to crow only because they are less prevalent around most labs in the world...
- dmurray 7y agoParrots get mentioned all the time in animal intelligence research. Normally the experiments take different forms: you keep one parrot in captivity and teach it to speak, while you observe the behaviour of groups of crows in the wild.
- Iv 7y agoWhat surprised me witht he cuckatoo was its size. I think typical parrots are smaller. Now I know the size-intelligence relationship is very tenuous, but within a similar order, it may have a value?
- EdwardDiego 7y agoI highly recommend this book, written by two American ornithologists watching kea in the field for years: https://www.amazon.com/Kea-Bird-Paradox-Evolution-Behavior/dp/0520213394 https://www.amazon.com/Kea-Bird-Paradox-Evolution-Behavior/d...
- blompa 7y agoHere is a video of a sulphur-crested cockatoo, very determinedly pushing a brick off a rubbish bin in order to be able to access its contents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpFZYVpezI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpFZYVpezI It's quite incredible to me, the way it seems to understand the physics of the brick quite well.