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My childhood freind had a Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo that would follow him to school and just hang out until he was out for lunch. Sometimes he would find his way
by ehnto 6y ago
My childhood freind had a Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo that would follow him to school and just hang out until he was out for lunch. Sometimes he would find his way into the classroom, he was a super smart bird and knew how to get the windows open on some of the rooms.
My mum helps with rescue birds sometimes and now has a Gullah, which for anyone familiar is a pink/white cockatoo very similar to a sulfur-crested cockatoo.
He's so smart, knows tonnes of words. songs and situations, and knows that when the cat shows up he can refer to it as "Pus pus pus".
The YouTube channel MakersMuse 3D printed some puzzles for wild birds to solve on his porch, it's really remarkable to watch them figure it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YyTHyaNpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YyTHyaNpo
The Australian Magpie is also extremely intelligent, surprisingly they're not part of the Corvus family but they are very, very similar.
- bradrn 6y ago> The Australian Magpie is also extremely intelligent, surprisingly they're not part of the Corvus family but they are very, very similar. I agree — they’re more intelligent than cockatoos, though it’s not as obvious. At the same university, I once saw two young magpies lying on the ground. Were they hurt? No — they were play-fighting with each other, lying on the ground and using their feet to wrestle. An amazing sight.