"See, human, there's the handle, you just turn it . . . no, I won't bite you . . .that's it . . . GOOD human." I'd better drink up. It may be awhile before another human smart enough to be trained comes along.
The very first sign of intelligence for me is : "I'm not able to do that, I know how to do it but I can't, let find someone out who I know that he can do what I want to do"
Yes I think maybe the first time it was the human who initiated it and the cockatoo learned from that. Now he just sits on the thing and waits for a human to turn up.
WOW, that's a smart bird! From point 0:27, it gestures at the handle as if to say, "Yeah, right there. Make it work?" I'd be afraid of getting bitten, though.
Well, yeah getting bitten is always a risk from wild cockatoos as they love to chew on things. But they are really smart, I once had one fly into my house through the kitchen window and knock on my bedroom door asking for a feed. Also it's not illegal to feed them(although discouraged), you just have to keep in mind that they're wild animals and will occasionally snap at you so never let your guard down around them.
The guy turning the handle also seemed afraid of getting bit, you could see him hesitate and move veeeery slowly towards the handle lol. As someone who's been bit by a macaw, I can understand why!
The bird clearly knows that, turning the tap = water. Why else would he perch there and gesture towards the tap. When the human turns the tap, the Cockatoo knows where the water will come out. That is why it is a smart bird. It has observed, and seen how water can be procured from this device, yet, as a wild animal, it can still coax humans into turning the tap!
Simon V I know! Those beaks are strong and sharp, and can do quite a bit of damage (a mate of mine got an unwanted nose piercing by his pet cockatoo). They are very intelligent and affectionate, though, and in the video you can see that there is no aggression. Of course, it's still wise to be cautious.
how cute the bird wating for somebody to help it turn the faucet and it definitely seems that the bird knows how it works so beak moves towards the place where water comes out and toe moves towards the faucet
As I have long studied and worked training animals with the science of behavior using positive reinforcement ..and with the University studies we have seen again and again the great intelligence of so many species and parrots are one extremely intelligent species..much more so than even our beloved dogs ( shhh please don't tell my pup sleeping under my legs I just said that!).
Why does it have to ONLY be either him or her? What if that bird chooses a third option? What if it identifies as a mouse? Fucking oppressive privileged shitlord.
+VancouverCanucksRock Trying to insult people as "Libtards" while being too idiotic to spot obvious sarcasm doesn't make you "non-Libtards" appear any better.
That was ever sooo sweet. Thank you for respecting his wishes and being so very kind. I wish whole world will see this and learn from you and your friends. GREAT JOB!!!! Thumbs UP!!!!
One cockatoo that used to go in my mum's yard knew my mother fed the birds so he would screech to be fed. If you were slow doing it, he would look inside the back windows of the house to see if you were watching and then move over to the rose bushes. If you didn't get moving a flower every minute or so would be snipped off by his beak. He would then look inside the house after every beheading to make sure you saw what the consequences were. Prick of a bird, but very intelligent.
Mine tried this sort of stuff on me, but I taught them no & they're all really well behaved now. One young ones still chews my lattice a bit, but boss bird nips him everytime he does, cause he knows I don't tolerate that & finds it better for everyone if he takes care of it instead of making me do it. I've given that one a toy to play with - a bought bird toy with lots of timber pieces & a bell on the bottom & I'm fine for him to play with & chew that, but boss bird doesn't even let him chew that one! My window watching one was throwing everything I had in a basket over my hose, so I ended up just having to empty that basket & fill it with throwables instead & just let him do it, but no food until he stopped & went & sat quietly at a different location, so he learnt pretty fast to do that. Much of that was actually accidental, his window tapping coincided a few times with when I was on the phone with business calls, so couldn't stop them to feed him, just had to try not to laugh at him during the call, but through that he learnt the tapping on the window & throwing stuff didn't work. He did also try chewing my flyscreen, but I banged the window hard immediately when he did that & he got the message. One of my neighbours has no flyscreen left due to the cockies, so I wasn't going to put up with that. One of mine nowadays actually brings his own chewing gum to chew while he's waiting for me to come & feed lol
I have a sulfur crested cockatoo named Sydney. He is very smart. It is neat to see the wild cockatoos demonstrating their intelligence with humans. Nice video.
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos are mischievous little buggers, but super clever. The local ones are well known for tearing street lights apart and hanging upside down and swinging from the reamains.
Vraiment trop mignon et en Français, en plus ! Ces oiseaux sont vraiment très intelligents. Toujours une belle expérience d'en rencontrer un (ou plusieurs !).
Charlie does this at our sink! Hahaha. We had to change the faucet because he could turn on the old one all by himself. Funny how he never bothered to turn it back off. ;) Cockatoos truly are some of the most intelligent, intuitive creatures out there, period.
00:34 the guy slowly nears his hand to the tap, trusting the bird not to become aggressive, and the bird is keeping calm trusting that the human will not hurt em. I dunno, but this amazing. Also, this video reinforces the fact that cockatoos understand the concept of causality.
Indeed, they do. They are in the same family, as Parrots. . . .'cause they are a species of Parrot. But then so are Ravens/Crows/Magpies & a bunch of other ones. Very intelligent species of Bird.
Anne Swanson, ravens, crows, magpies, and jackdaws are not in the same family as parrots - they’re in the Corvidae family. This family of birds is known for the intelligence of its’ members. Furthermore, different species of parrots belong to different families, and subfamilies. Cockatoos to the Cacatuidae family; macaws to the Psittacidae family; conures to the Psittacidae subfamily Arinae; lovebirds to the Psittaculidae family; budgerigars to the Psittaculidae subfamily Loriinae…those are a few of the major parrot families and subfamilies.
Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down? Definitely a cute little video. Most people don't realize that parrots have the cognitive ability of a 3 to5 year old child. Scientifically that places them at 30 to 40 times smarter than a dog or a cat.
Wonderful! The final scene of the movie "The Sum of Us" with Russell Crowe takes place in that very same garden in Sydney. Great movie. Gorgeous place.
In Sweden, no wild bird is tame like this. They might accept humans 5 meters away if we are moving. Just a glance at them might cause them to fly away a bit. Some exceptions though. Tweets and similair birds might take food from the hand when they are breeding.
"See, human, there's the handle, you just turn it . . . no, I won't bite you . . .that's it . . . GOOD human."
I'd better drink up. It may be awhile before another human smart enough to be trained comes along.
John Doe hee hee hee
This why the term "Bird brain" should mean smart not stupid.
👌😂😂😂😂
'something something humans are dumb something something'
@thetechgenie1 na Yes, some of the humans are intelligent enough to be trained
The bird probably knew how it works, but didn't have the physical strength to deal with it. But he did get water, which was awfully nice of the guy.
Since the birds can understand they can get water there, someone should modify the valve so the birds can turn the water on themselves.
@@silentotto5099 That would be so cool, to see birds using their own water fountains! It would be a tourist attraction.
@@JordanPAT :
Like a foot pedal.
@@silentotto5099 :
Another meaning to crows law.
If you are offended, I am sorry; I understand it is bad history, but it is just a joke.
@@silentotto5099 in theory a cool idea but I don’t think you can get the birds to turn them off again. Maybe if they were on a timer though...
He trained you. I know because I have a parrot, and I'm well-trained. lol
Lol...😊
I'm being trained by a pair of budgies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me too. Cockatoo.
but does he say "who is a good boi?"
@@VivekSingh-og2nf I'm being trained by a cockatiel
The very first sign of intelligence for me is : "I'm not able to do that, I know how to do it but I can't, let find someone out who I know that he can do what I want to do"
so the age old "It's not what you know, it's WHO you know." :D
" i got no thumbs halp! " 😢😂😂😂
Absolutely, it shows an understanding of other minds.
@@anniesamuel4787 cock
He is truly intelligent cause he's getting someone else to do the grunt work!
That's the definiton of being a parrot. They are geniuses at manipulating humans. Boy, can they milk that cuteness.
Parrots are known for training/teach others in their flock skills and tricks (they're teaching each other how to open wheelie bins in Sydney lol)
I for one welcome our new avian overlords
Kent Brockman?
The vanished 6th Xindi race ascends again.
@@heffalumptarkin1384 Ooh Nice one! I just finished watching Enterprise a few weeks ago :)
@@tanatos5 I love the whole Xindi plot!
They will rule the earth once again.
That Cockie has done that before, he knew what to expect when the dial was turned.
: D. Yeah, it's likely he actually had experience with a drinking fountain before! They have pretty good memories for such small creatures.
Look at 0:28 he's signalling to the human what he wants him to do. What else would be the reason to bite that dial?
Yes I think maybe the first time it was the human who initiated it and the cockatoo learned from that. Now he just sits on the thing and waits for a human to turn up.
You are so lucky to have such lovely animals in your country
Benny Hill Hand, some?
No, they don't have hands, I think; you can call them clawsome but I am not going near that word with my snoot.
Susan N. Cute.......but also...loud...noisy...destructive.
Thank u!! I feel lucky to live in Australia n have them around too...thanx :)
They got giant spiders too
andgate2000 Lmao especially the babies calling out to their mums! screechin like banshees every season!
WOW, that's a smart bird! From point 0:27, it gestures at the handle as if to say, "Yeah, right there. Make it work?" I'd be afraid of getting bitten, though.
Well, yeah getting bitten is always a risk from wild cockatoos as they love to chew on things. But they are really smart, I once had one fly into my house through the kitchen window and knock on my bedroom door asking for a feed.
Also it's not illegal to feed them(although discouraged), you just have to keep in mind that they're wild animals and will occasionally snap at you so never let your guard down around them.
Yes they are wild animals so do be careful but the bird wanted a drink so the guy went slow which was very good and no one got hurt .😊
The guy turning the handle also seemed afraid of getting bit, you could see him hesitate and move veeeery slowly towards the handle lol. As someone who's been bit by a macaw, I can understand why!
I've seen one easily snap a finger-sized tree branch with its beak so you have to be careful.
@@ZilogBob yeah these birds ain't kidding around
The bird clearly knows that, turning the tap = water. Why else would he perch there and gesture towards the tap.
When the human turns the tap, the Cockatoo knows where the water will come out.
That is why it is a smart bird. It has observed, and seen how water can be procured from this device, yet, as a wild animal, it can still coax humans into turning the tap!
verticalsmurf The Hooman Whisperer
Can someone please invent a drinking fountain that cockatoos can operate, thanks.
My cockatoo drinks a lot of water. This lil guy was definately using body language to tell you he was thirsty! Tyvm kind man!
That's very nice of you to turn the tap for him. Just had to say.
This is so cute!!! The way he moves his head to show he knows how it works but he's too weak to do it himself! It's so cute!!!
Lovely! Makes me super happy to watch that. They are such gorgeous and clever birds. Thanks for giving her/him a drink.
Simon V
I know! Those beaks are strong and sharp, and can do quite a bit of damage (a mate of mine got an unwanted nose piercing by his pet cockatoo). They are very intelligent and affectionate, though, and in the video you can see that there is no aggression. Of course, it's still wise to be cautious.
This bird is so smart Turing on the water he is cute
Very intelligent birds.
I'm sad human does indeed ignorant about how life formed in the first place.
If they don't have such IQ, they won't survive life.
@@noorazmi2329 stupid comment
"stop patronising me and just gib water"
how cute the bird wating for somebody to help it turn the faucet and it definitely seems that the bird knows how it works so beak moves towards the place where water comes out and toe moves towards the faucet
As I have long studied and worked training animals with the science of behavior using positive reinforcement ..and with the University studies we have seen again and again the great intelligence of so many species and parrots are one extremely intelligent species..much more so than even our beloved dogs ( shhh please don't tell my pup sleeping under my legs I just said that!).
What a beautiful creature, WOW!!!!
He just waits there until a human comes with the strength to turn the wheel for him. Pretty Smart.
Omg so cute. That's sweet of you guys to help him or her out.
Why does it have to ONLY be either him or her? What if that bird chooses a third option? What if it identifies as a mouse? Fucking oppressive privileged shitlord.
third option?.... :-?
LOL Libtard, better be Sarcasm
VancouverCanucksRock obviously he was joking m8
+VancouverCanucksRock
Trying to insult people as "Libtards" while being too idiotic to spot obvious sarcasm doesn't make you "non-Libtards" appear any better.
That was ever sooo sweet. Thank you for respecting his wishes and being so very kind. I wish whole world will see this and learn from you and your friends.
GREAT JOB!!!!
Thumbs UP!!!!
That birds body language said "its ok just turn the handle I wont take your finger off"
One cockatoo that used to go in my mum's yard knew my mother fed the birds so he would screech to be fed. If you were slow doing it, he would look inside the back windows of the house to see if you were watching and then move over to the rose bushes. If you didn't get moving a flower every minute or so would be snipped off by his beak. He would then look inside the house after every beheading to make sure you saw what the consequences were. Prick of a bird, but very intelligent.
Mine tried this sort of stuff on me, but I taught them no & they're all really well behaved now. One young ones still chews my lattice a bit, but boss bird nips him everytime he does, cause he knows I don't tolerate that & finds it better for everyone if he takes care of it instead of making me do it. I've given that one a toy to play with - a bought bird toy with lots of timber pieces & a bell on the bottom & I'm fine for him to play with & chew that, but boss bird doesn't even let him chew that one!
My window watching one was throwing everything I had in a basket over my hose, so I ended up just having to empty that basket & fill it with throwables instead & just let him do it, but no food until he stopped & went & sat quietly at a different location, so he learnt pretty fast to do that. Much of that was actually accidental, his window tapping coincided a few times with when I was on the phone with business calls, so couldn't stop them to feed him, just had to try not to laugh at him during the call, but through that he learnt the tapping on the window & throwing stuff didn't work. He did also try chewing my flyscreen, but I banged the window hard immediately when he did that & he got the message. One of my neighbours has no flyscreen left due to the cockies, so I wasn't going to put up with that.
One of mine nowadays actually brings his own chewing gum to chew while he's waiting for me to come & feed lol
I have a sulfur crested cockatoo named Sydney. He is very smart. It is neat to see the wild cockatoos demonstrating their intelligence with humans. Nice video.
What a chubby little bird!! Good job on training that human!!
This is wonderful. Smart bird coaxes nice humans to turn on the water...Love it!
Cockatoos are so cool!
0:35
The bird looks like he‘s saying:
„Come oooooon! You can do it! Yeah! I believe in you!“ 😂
smart equals cute
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos are mischievous little buggers, but super clever. The local ones are well known for tearing street lights apart and hanging upside down and swinging from the reamains.
why is people voting thumbs down? this is amazing that this bird shows how smart he is asking for water
This made me thirsty.
Vraiment trop mignon et en Français, en plus ! Ces oiseaux sont vraiment très intelligents. Toujours une belle expérience d'en rencontrer un (ou plusieurs !).
OLIVIA, look at bird bath
"Say thank you!"
"Nigga, it was just water."
Great now the human is well trained by the parrot
Amazing on how smart parrots can be... I have my own parrot and I'm trying to study on how smart it can be with its features and this helped thanks
I can't believe 49 people have given this a thumbs down. What miserable lives they must lead.
yeah *LETS GRAB THE SHOTGUN*
yes just idiots looking for reaction
I was wondering the same....
Now there's 66
it may simply be the error rate, they hit the wrong button.
Someday I would visit Australia just to play with these cute birds.
yeah!
it looks so goofy and adorable but it's so intelligent!!
It was very kind and generous of that man to help the cockatoo get a drink of water.
Charlie does this at our sink! Hahaha. We had to change the faucet because he could turn on the old one all by himself. Funny how he never bothered to turn it back off. ;)
Cockatoos truly are some of the most intelligent, intuitive creatures out there, period.
He is so gorgeous. Where I live there are so many cockatoos around. I love them.
Beautiful cockatoos! They are so curious! :)
Lol, 12 years later and still getting recommended!
Clever YT, clever cocky 😄
Cute and smart 🥰🌸👌
Who will win?
A water fountain
One smart thirsty boi
The bird's probably thinking, "these humans are so smart! Can't believe I taught them how to turn on the fountain!"
Incredibly touching.🕊 GOD bless you, whoever you are.☘
God, that bird is so smart. It even starts vocalizing and then gesturing when standing there doesn't work.
Smart bird...and kind young men 🤗💕
Love how slowly that guy moves toward the handle knowing full well that he could lose a finger if he gets this wrong.
Beautiful! You are great with him xxx
Cockatoo's, even wild one's rarely attack humans. The bird was looking down at the handle like "Yes, hooman, you turn that."
friendly birbs!
I would be hanging out with them everyday!
So cute!
Wow, that's pretty amazing. The bird actually tapped the fountain knob prompting the guy to run the water for him.
Jazzman3121, look at bird bath
I love this video - have seen it many times - just beautiful, thanks for sharing.
"I am quite parched. Human! Make yourself useful!"
Wow! Amazingly smart bird!
“You are well trained to serve me! Human, do it as you always. ”
"What? You have forgot how it works? Here, is my little technic, see?"
Aww so friendly
Thanks guys. You are so kind. These birds are very harmless.
a water fountain VS one thirsty boi
Excelente....Beautiful..
I can hear Aussie man reviews narrating this “yeah turn it in turn it on”
This is awesome. You're just lucky he wasn't hungry.
Cocky: Some of these humans are a bit slow, but they learn eventually.
Clever bird
Cockatoo was like yes i trust you hooman, just turn on the god damn water already, cockatoo gotta quench its thirst!
00:34 the guy slowly nears his hand to the tap, trusting the bird not to become aggressive, and the bird is keeping calm trusting that the human will not hurt em. I dunno, but this amazing. Also, this video reinforces the fact that cockatoos understand the concept of causality.
Indeed, they do. They are in the same family, as Parrots. . . .'cause they are a species of Parrot. But then so are Ravens/Crows/Magpies & a bunch of other ones. Very intelligent species of Bird.
@@anneswanson2881 um ravens, crows, magpies are smart, but they're not parrots! All parrots have beaks like the cockatoo in this video
Anne Swanson, ravens, crows, magpies, and jackdaws are not in the same family as parrots - they’re in the Corvidae family. This family of birds is known for the intelligence of its’ members. Furthermore, different species of parrots belong to different families, and subfamilies. Cockatoos to the Cacatuidae family; macaws to the Psittacidae family; conures to the Psittacidae subfamily Arinae; lovebirds to the Psittaculidae family; budgerigars to the Psittaculidae subfamily Loriinae…those are a few of the major parrot families and subfamilies.
What an amazing bird :)
they're everywhere lol so cute
That's me when Im waiting for the serviceman to refill the vending machine
Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down? Definitely a cute little video. Most people don't realize that parrots have the cognitive ability of a 3 to5 year old child. Scientifically that places them at 30 to 40 times smarter than a dog or a cat.
@DOUG HEINS ha ha.......I know what you mean!
Very smart human.
That seems to be *onethirstyboi.*
that was really beautiful.
"Slave boy, make the water come!"
They look like they have very soft bellies.
So cool, they are not dumb for sure.. soon they will take over entire Australia..
Soo smart and adorable 😍
Cause and effect. Better than a lot of people.
He is a bright lad. At 0:40 he anticipates the water before it's turned on.
I feel the presence of the Divine in this video, it's so peaceful and graceful, a pure and authentic moment. Thank you for sharing this 👍
Meanwhile cockatoo sizing up the fingers to take a nasty bite😅🤣
First sign of intelligence found in humans
Wonderful! The final scene of the movie "The Sum of Us" with Russell Crowe takes place in that very same garden in Sydney. Great movie. Gorgeous place.
nice and cute bird ,awsome guy
The bird knew that the handle had to turn for the water. It touched it to indicate his need to the human.
He's so cute!
You can see his thinking: "this part here... it's connected to the water coming out, SOMEHOW. Maybe this thing knows..."
oh, it knows turning the lever activates the water. It just isnt physically strong enough to turn it.
In Sweden, no wild bird is tame like this.
They might accept humans 5 meters away if we are moving. Just a glance at them might cause them to fly away a bit. Some exceptions though.
Tweets and similair birds might take food from the hand when they are breeding.
What a cute Luft Welpe!!
Fantastic vid...👍
cockatoos are very smart indeed! :D
Fantastic video!
thus a secret friendship was formed between the wild cockatoo and a human
He is very beautiful white parrot :)