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Interesting that the other parrot learnt by copying the first parrot, not buy independently coming up with the idea itself.
I'm imagining some magpie with a tie flying in, taking the stick and demanding a nut to give it back :D
Interesting that the other parrot learnt by copying the first parrot, not buy independently coming up with the idea itself.
Interesting that the other parrot learnt by copying the first parrot, not buy independently coming up with the idea itself.
Interesting that the other parrot learnt by copying the first parrot, not buy independently coming up with the idea itself.
Behold the creative powers of boredom! The life of parrots in the wild is too eventful for them to bother with making tools :)
He is very clever in understanding his environment. Once he raised one wing over his head and lowered the other wing to make his shoulders narrow enough to walk between two obstacles. He also has a strange desire to explore dark closets - odd since he has poor night vision.
I advise against anyone buying a Parrot unless they have a lot of free time. A Parrot will thrive in captivity if he has a lot (a lot!) of attention, otherwise Parrots in captivity will be miserable. For example, my wife and I need to keep our bird in the same room where we are hanging out - it does not do at all to leave a Parrot by themselves and we only do so when we go out to some social event. When we travel I hire a bird specialist to care for him. I have mostly been retired for a long time, so he is a good pet for me.
What I wonder is: why is this so relevant if birds have been building nests for quite a while yet? I do not get the great difference... And please do not mention the 'tool' word: a nest is something MUCH more complicated and abstract than a tool.
However there is a big difference between something that you have wired into your instinct by thousands of years of evolution (such as nests and spider webs) and coming up with new tools in order to adapt to a novel environment.
What I wonder is: why is this so relevant if birds have been building nests for quite a while yet? I do not get the great difference... And please do not mention the 'tool' word: a nest is something MUCH more complicated and abstract than a tool.
What I wonder is: why is this so relevant if birds have been building nests for quite a while yet? I do not get the great difference... And please do not mention the 'tool' word: a nest is something MUCH more complicated and abstract than a tool.