Experts think the clever birds learned the technique by watching people and then trying it themselves
      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Canberra has had a bit of success in finding cockie resistant street lights

        They especially like pulling at edges, if your infrastructure exposes a bit of a rubber seal the cockie will have that

  • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

    Drinking from the public fountain wasn’t just out of necessity, he said, given there was a creek nearby, only 500 metres away. There seemed to be an element of fun, he said. “The flock would come in, and they’d all be foraging and drinking – having a bit of a relax and a bit of a laugh.”

  • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I’ve been trying to tell people that those cockatoos are up to something, but nobody listens to dumbass.