Cockatoo Makes Tools (VIDEO)

University of Oxford

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A Goffin's cockatoo called Figaro, that has been reared in captivity and lives near Vienna, uses his powerful beak to cut long splinters out of wooden beams in its aviary, or twigs out of a branch, to reach and rake in objects out of its reach. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Vienna filmed Figaro making and using these tools. This species is not known to use tools in the wild.

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Vienna University & Oxford University

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