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