First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal.

Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have ...

Around 50% of all the cockatoos succeeded in drinking water from the fountain, after many trials. The research team installed ...

“They really like bread,” said Klump. [Related: Australian cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans.] The study found that prying open a trash bin is a cockatoo community affai ...

The birds, which have also opened trash bins, were filmed operating fountain handles with complex maneuvers. Researchers say ...

Birds in Sydney’s western suburbs have figured out how to get a sip from the fountains, even though they have access to nearby streams ...

A team of researchers in Australia published a paper about how the population of sulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have ...

(CNN) — First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food ... fountains for a sip along with their meal. These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white ...

Credit: Klump et al., Biology Letters Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning the knob with their feet and using their body weight to ...