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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago

Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves

www.theguardian.com

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Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves

www.theguardian.com

zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago
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Experts think the clever birds learned the technique by watching people and then trying it themselves
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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world
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    I love cockies so much, such beautiful birds. Really fucking noisy but pretty cool nonetheless.

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      The ones around here are bloody vandals!

      • psud@aussie.zone
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        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

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      I hate them. They are more eshay than human eshays.

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    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.”

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

    • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Cockatoos are up to something alright. Shredding my verandah railing.

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        Is that before or after my windscreen wipers?

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    If you extend the handle to be about 15cm long, it would be a perch and easy to operate.

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    @zero_gravitas And this whole time we were afraid of AI…

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    That is so rad.

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    Has Avian Flu found its way to Australia yet? This will help spread it around when it does get there.

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