These Australian Cockatoos Learned to Operate Drinking Fountains With Their Feet to Quench Their Thirst

These Australian Cockatoos Learned to Operate Drinking Fountains With Their Feet to Quench Their Thirst

Birds in Sydney’s western suburbs have figured out how to get a sip from the fountains, even though they have access to nearby streams

Sydney's sulphur-crested cockatoos spotted using drinking fountains

Sydney's sulphur-crested cockatoos have been recorded by scientists waiting their turn to use drinking fountains

Wild cockatoos figure out how to operate water fountains

Thirsty cockatoos in western Sydney have mastered the art of operating public drinking fountains, displaying problem-solving skills previously unseen in wild birds. Watch the video. The parrots figured out how to twist and hold fountain handles with their feet while drinking from the spout, according to research published in Biology Letters. — Read the rest The post Watch: Wild cockatoos figure out how to operate water fountains appeared first o…

‘Opportunistic’ cockatoos wait in line, drink from fountains, study finds

The birds, which have also been spotted opening trash bins, were filmed operating fountain handles with complex maneuvers. Researchers say they are learning from one another.

Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney learn how to drink from water fountains

A team of animal behaviorists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, working with a colleague from Western Sydney University, in Australia, has discovered that wild cockatoos in Australia have figured out how to activate public drinking fountains to get themselves a sip of water.