'Cockies got too clever': Cockatoos learn to push bricks off wheelie bins

Guardian Australia
Guardian Australia
42.1 هزار بار بازدید - 2 سال پیش - Sydney residents are resorting to
Sydney residents are resorting to increasingly sophisticated measures to prevent sulphur-crested cockatoos from opening and raiding household wheelie bins, detailed in new research published in the journal Current Biology.
Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs

The study, led by Dr Barbara Klump of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, documented 52 combinations of techniques used by humans to deter the birds from their bin-raiding antics.

The most basic cockatoo deterrent was the use of a brick or other heavy item to weigh down a bin lid. One survey respondent said: 'Bricks seemed to work for a while, but cockies got too clever.'

‘Interspecies innovation arms race’: cockatoos and humans at war over wheelie bin raids ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Follow the Australia news live blog for the latest updates ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr...

Website ► https://theguardian.com/au
Facebook ► Facebook: theguardianaustralia
Instagram ► Instagram: guardianaustralia
Twitter ► Twitter: GuardianAus
TikTok ► TikTok: guardianaustralia
LinkedIn ► LinkedIn: guardianaustralia

Subscribe to the Guardian's other YouTube channels:
The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs
Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs
Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs
Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs
Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs

#guardianaustralia #news #breakingnews #theguardian
2 سال پیش در تاریخ 1401/06/21 منتشر شده است.
42,142 بـار بازدید شده
... بیشتر