Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Dumb birds no more: #Emus and #rheas are technical innovators, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2025-02-dumb-birds-emus-rheas-technical.html paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88217-8
"palaeognath innovation is not as complex as in #crows and #parrots. However, it is still a very important finding... There were no reports of technical innovation in #palaeognaths before this study, and there was a prevailing view that they are dumb birds... that is not true. Technical innovation may have evolved far earlier in #birds than previously thought"
'Dumb birds' no more: Emus and rheas are technical innovators, say researchers
Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that palaeognath birds such as emus and rheas can solve tricky problems.