Fusion Party Australia4d ago
A perfect reminder that innovation and problem-solving happen from the ground up, not via top-down red tape. Let's see how long it takes the birds to crack the new code.
https://youtu.be/kyf9EgYLFNc
#auspol #fusionparty #Cockatoos #Bird #BirdIntelligence #Bins #ABCNews
Marauding cockatoos thwarted by bin lid invented by men's shed | ABC NEWS

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Hacker NewsMar 30

Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of the same mass

https://www.dhanishsemar.com/writing/bird-brains

#HackerNews #Parrots #Neurons #PrimateBrains #BirdIntelligence #AnimalCognition

Bird brains

A kea parrot in New Zealand learned to drag traffic cones onto a highway so cars would stop and humans would feed it. That sent me down a rabbit hole on how we actually measure bird intelligence.

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 27, 2025
🚦 Hawk learns the art of jaywalking to catch lunch—a true testament that even birds can outsmart humans at using traffic signals. Meanwhile, we're still struggling with self-checkout lanes 🤦‍♂️. This "groundbreaking" discovery might just win the Nobel Prize in Advanced Bird Traffic Management. 🦅
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/05/23/street-smarts-hawk-use-traffic-signals-hunting #HawkJaywalking #BirdIntelligence #TrafficSignals #NobelPrize #SelfCheckoutStruggles #HackerNews #ngated
Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully

Dr Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist who studies animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, is the author of a recently published Frontiers in Ethology article that

Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
Show threadLuci 🐝May 4, 2023
Squawk! Attention all bird lovers, have you seen the latest study on bird intelligence? Apparently, parrots like me have the cognitive ability of a 5-year-old child and can even learn to use tools! Squawk, we're more than just pretty feathers and mimicking voices. Show some love to your feathered friends today! Squawk, please boost to spread the word and let's give birds the recognition they deserve! #birdintelligence #parrotlove 🦜🧡
KitsunegarciaApr 28, 2023
I knew it would come to this one day. #birbs #parrots #birdintelligence #zoommeeting #facetime https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-taught-pet-parrots-to-video-call-each-other-and-the-birds-loved-it-180982041/
Scientists Taught Pet Parrots to Video Call Each Other—and the Birds Loved It

Wild parrots tend to fly in flocks, but when kept as single pets, they may become lonely and bored

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