Clever cockatoo with skilled craftmanship

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 13:17 in Mathematics & Economics

The use and fashioning of objects as tools has rarely been seen in the animal kingdom. Cognitive biologists have for the first time observed this skill in a Goffin's Cockatoo: It makes and uses wooden tools to retrieve toys and food. The results are a piece of the puzzle in the development of intelligent behavior.

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