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It did not appear they had learned to actually activate the fountain by turning the knob, only to lap up whatever residual water was already there. IOW they "l

It did not appear they had learned to actually activate the fountain by turning the knob, only to lap up whatever residual water was already there. IOW they "learned" how to drink water, not to use the fountain.

robocop_legacy 1y ago
From the article: “Every cockatoo exhibited slight variations in its plan of attack. But the general strategy was the same: Each placed one or both of its feet on the fountain’s twist handle, then lowered its weight to twist the handle clockwise and prevent it from springing back up. As the parrots slurped water from the bubbling spout, their sharp beaks often left behind chew marks on the fountain’s rubber top.”
jofzar 1y ago
This is the crappier footage, this was on a couple of weeks ago. 100% it's activating the bubbler to drink. https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianBirds/comments/1kjve1q/sulphur_crested_cockatoo_drinking_from_a_bubbler/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianBirds/comments/1kjve1q/su...
- bookofjoe 1y ago
  "bubbler" OMG the only place in the U.S. that calls a drinking fountain a bubbler is Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I grew up. >By the early 1960s, news reports highlighted the fact that calling a bubbler a bubbler was the sure sign of being a Milwaukeean. https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2020/02/25/why-bubbler-what-water-drinking-fountain-called-wisconsin-milwaukee/4793730002/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2020/02/25/w...
  - toast0 1y ago
    I went to MSOE after growing up in Southern California. Bubbler was a key way to identify those from Milwaukee and immediate surroundings. It's such a precise locator; even more so than calling I-5 the 5, just as accurate, but the 5 gets you to like Santa Barbara and south, where bubbler cuts off just over the Milwaukee county line. A Racine native drinks from a fountain like everyone else; Brookfield natives might use a bubbler.
    - bigstrat2003 1y ago
      Bubbler is used in many parts of Wisconsin, not just Milwaukee.
  - awkward 1y ago
    Eastern Massachusetts calls it a bubbler as well.
  - bigstrat2003 1y ago
    Bubbler is used in many parts of Wisconsin, it isn't just Milwaukee by any means. I grew up in Brillion (2.5 hours north of Milwaukee) and everyone there (and the surrounding area) calls it a bubbler.
  - ryukoposting 1y ago
    I moved to Milwaukee a couple years ago. I can confirm this is a thing, and it's very weird. I've got a friend from Reedsburg who says it's common there, too. As soon as I saw that comment in the Reddit post, I clicked on the guy's profile to see if they're from Wisconsin. Wasn't obvious at a glance.

robocop_legacy 1y ago

From the article: “Every cockatoo exhibited slight variations in its plan of attack. But the general strategy was the same: Each placed one or both of its feet on the fountain’s twist handle, then lowered its weight to twist the handle clockwise and prevent it from springing back up. As the parrots slurped water from the bubbling spout, their sharp beaks often left behind chew marks on the fountain’s rubber top.”

jofzar 1y ago

This is the crappier footage, this was on a couple of weeks ago. 100% it's activating the bubbler to drink. https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianBirds/comments/1kjve1q/sulphur_crested_cockatoo_drinking_from_a_bubbler/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianBirds/comments/1kjve1q/su...

bookofjoe 1y ago
"bubbler" OMG the only place in the U.S. that calls a drinking fountain a bubbler is Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I grew up. >By the early 1960s, news reports highlighted the fact that calling a bubbler a bubbler was the sure sign of being a Milwaukeean. https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2020/02/25/why-bubbler-what-water-drinking-fountain-called-wisconsin-milwaukee/4793730002/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2020/02/25/w...
- toast0 1y ago
  I went to MSOE after growing up in Southern California. Bubbler was a key way to identify those from Milwaukee and immediate surroundings. It's such a precise locator; even more so than calling I-5 the 5, just as accurate, but the 5 gets you to like Santa Barbara and south, where bubbler cuts off just over the Milwaukee county line. A Racine native drinks from a fountain like everyone else; Brookfield natives might use a bubbler.
  - bigstrat2003 1y ago
    Bubbler is used in many parts of Wisconsin, not just Milwaukee.
- awkward 1y ago
  Eastern Massachusetts calls it a bubbler as well.
- bigstrat2003 1y ago
  Bubbler is used in many parts of Wisconsin, it isn't just Milwaukee by any means. I grew up in Brillion (2.5 hours north of Milwaukee) and everyone there (and the surrounding area) calls it a bubbler.
- ryukoposting 1y ago
  I moved to Milwaukee a couple years ago. I can confirm this is a thing, and it's very weird. I've got a friend from Reedsburg who says it's common there, too. As soon as I saw that comment in the Reddit post, I clicked on the guy's profile to see if they're from Wisconsin. Wasn't obvious at a glance.