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zero_gravitas @aussie.zone

1mo ago

Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves

www.theguardian.com

Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves

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I love cockies so much, such beautiful birds. Really fucking noisy but pretty cool nonetheless.
- The ones around here are bloody vandals!
  
  Canberra has had a bit of success in finding cockie resistant street lights
  They especially like pulling at edges, if your infrastructure exposes a bit of a rubber seal the cockie will have that
- I hate them. They are more eshay than human eshays.
I've been trying to tell people that those cockatoos are up to something, but nobody listens to dumbass.
- Cockatoos are up to something alright. Shredding my verandah railing.
  
  Is that before or after my windscreen wipers?
Drinking from the public fountain wasn’t just out of necessity, he said, given there was a creek nearby, only 500 metres away. There seemed to be an element of fun, he said. “The flock would come in, and they’d all be foraging and drinking – having a bit of a relax and a bit of a laugh.”
That is so rad.
@zerogravitas And this whole time we were afraid of AI...
- But birds are AI!
If you extend the handle to be about 15cm long, it would be a perch and easy to operate.
Has Avian Flu found its way to Australia yet? This will help spread it around when it does get there.

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