In their natural habitat – the forests of Indonesia – cockatoos have never been seen making or using tools. But researchers report today that Figaro, a member of a captive colony of the birds in Austria, invents and uses stick tools of his own design. Read more about this phenomenon; SEFS‘ John Marzluff is quoted.
An inventive cockatoo highlights the power of general intelligence for innovation – Science
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