Cockatoo's teach each other to forage in waste bins

Cockatoos in Sydney have learnt how to open household bins to forage for food and they're teaching the skill to each other.

Source: SBS/Allan Lee

Researchers who uncovered the behaviour say it reveals a complex social learning structure among this urban parrot population.

In English :  Essam al-Ghalib ; In Tamil : Selvi

 

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