Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

The Strange Files

No More Bird Brain Jokes, Please

Alexander Strange
Jan 16, 2022
∙ Paid
Smart birds

By Alexander Strange

Make all the jokes you want about ‘bird brains,” but these cockatoos have been intriguing scientists with their learning capabilities.

The photo, above, really tells the story.

What you are seeing is a sulfur-crested cockatoo in Sydney, Australia opening the lid of a trash can to forage for food. But notice how the other birds are watc…

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