Can WILD Cockatoos use TOOLS?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2022
- Over the past 2 years I've been testing the intelligence of wild cockatoos using custom designed puzzles - but I've always wondered, can they learn to use tools? Or do they carry the best tool around with them already!?
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I like how this is meant to be a 3D print channel, but instead it's a cockatoo channel.
It can be both
@@MakersMuse Both is good.
This could be super helpful for scientists and zoo keepers to study how the birbs problem solve.
Have you seen a Gumi, a laughing red parrot in Japan? Searched by Gumi here on TH-cam
@@MakersMuse yeah but one is alot faker then the other lol
I think one other issue with these experiments is that in previous puzzles, you did teach them that sticks need to be thrown away to progress. So, they continue that behaviour. Throwing away the tool before realising you turned the rules around 180 degrees.
Maybe if the tool is another material or something could make them pause to think why you swapped the material. Maybe seeing humans use the tools to get seeds might help.. I don't know...
Interesting to see these anyway. :)
This was my thought as well. Throwing away the tool had been the solution so far :)
He could try changing the colour, material etc, but in reality, cockies just love throwing things. They do it with branches in trees all the time, cut them off & drop them just for fun. Probably needs to put the "tool" onto a chain or rope (short one so they can't get tangled in it), but even then I think they will just dispose of it, it just doesn't compare to their beak. To them sticks are for destroying, not using
Get a metal rod it will bend if they try to bite it but it could work as a tool
@@takumi2023 but in reality, if they can bend metal rods with their beak, they really don't need them as tools do they - and they can bend them with their beaks, I spent ages attaching food dishes & toys around my home, using 1.75mm wire, which was the thickest I could bend with my pliers & cockies took great pleasure in unbending it all & pulling all the toys & bowls off, just for fun - then of course stealing them all as usual, one of these days I'm actually going to have my phone/camera with me & manage to take a photo or video of a cocky sitting in the top of a gumtree, holding one of my bowls full of food in his foot, having a nice relaxing meal at the top of the tree lol.
They just don't need metal tools with beaks so powerful
These and mark Rober's squirrel videos are my favorite "maker vs nature" videos. You both have created a new genre.
Not "vs" but "and" - maker and nature. They are not playing against but with one another to put it in a more constructive wording.
@@cls9474 naw, "vs" is very much the theme and there's nothing wrong with it. Just some creative competition among earthlings for our viewing pleasure 😉
nature wins every time
"with"
@@cls9474 no, makers muse vs mark rober.
Angus, we are gonna need to make them a ride on battle bot that shoots nerf gun bullets at squirrels.
Chewing on the wood also helps keep their beaks trimmed. Beaks are like fingernails, they continue to grow. So if you have a captive bird it’s important to make sure they have toys they can chomp and destroy.
That's a really important point! I can highly recommend making pine boxes in that case, they really enjoyed chewing it.
Sorry, in an attempt to delete my statement I seem to have deleted Makersmuse comment. Basically, it said it was an interesting idea and that he could give them pine boxes to chew as they liked the wood.
@@caroledwards1182you can't delete other people's comments. You can make it so that you yourself can't see it, but everyone else can still see it.
@@echo_is_probably_sleeping Yes exactly they chew stuff to keep beak trim.
@@MakersMuse They actually tend to like Aussie native woods better than pine. They also tend to love gumnuts that they can get seeds from with chewing
Seeing how quickly and casually they destroyed the last puzzle I was like "omg how does anyone let these forces of destruction live in their house?"
With proper training they are quite ok :)
My aunt has a Congo African Grey. Several doors in her house don't have corners any more!
@@RedHeadForester haha, our galah actually really behaves, he has plenty of toys to destroy, and no he is not caged all day, actually only in his cage when its bedtime.
42nd 👍
My Angel needs to be in her cage, or closely supervised. She will destroy anything, and even chew on electrical wires!
when your cockatoo starts turning up his beak at tools that aren't Wiha, Knipex, or Wera, you'll know you have achieved the highest level of intelligence: tool snobbery
I'd be more concerned about them flying off with mine! 😂
@@MakersMuse wait. they not take your tools. you're safe.. they just 3D print their own.... with your kit 😬😲
@@MakersMuse I just spat out my drink laughing at that! My wild ones constantly steal my bowls i use to feed them. It's actually rather funny seeing a cocky sitting high in a tree, holding a plastic bowl in it's foot, enjoying dinner. I have no doubt they would steal your tools if they could get hold of them & they are light enough for them to carry
btw did you see or did anyone tell you about insider business stealing your content for their video on cockies opening bins without giving you credit? I'm looking in the comments to see if there's a comment about it, haven't found one so far, numerous on that video from people unimpressed with them using your content without credit & letting people know you're the source
This is so interesting. Also, I had to laugh so hard when the birds started deconstructing the bowl right away, because they know destruction is usually the quickest way into something :D Much fun!!!
I'd say effective problem solving is a sign of intelligence.
And since the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, the most effective strategy is simply removing any obstacles on that line.
Also, there appears to be a correlation between species' intelligence and species' proclivity to play for play's sake. I read a paper that flat out postulated an evolutionary interplay between species' seeking "having fun" and intelligence.
So might as well enjoy the removal of any obstacles ;)
it's the same thing they do when nesting.
Nest/tree hollow too small? Not a problem, just enlarge it, that's what beaks are for :)
Hole to access food too small, not a problem, just enlarge it, that's what beaks are for :)
@UCt1tt4_4tZS7g2PgYweHgEg yeah any animal who exhibits traits like being extremely social, uses tools, and playful are usually extremely intelligent like apes, parrots, and dolphins. i think the reason humans stand out is because of their very specific strait that makes them engineer their environment to compensate with their lack of significant physical traits. the orcas are extremely strong, while parrots can fly. humans have no impressive traits beyond tool use so they specialized with it.
The real question is: "Can humans create a puzzle that wild cockatoos can't break?"
Honestly it's pretty difficult to !
Angus, are you familiar with the experiment involving New Caledonian crows _crafting_ a tool, before using it? It involves a transparent tube standing vertically with a "basket" at the bottom containing a treat. The basket has a handle and could be lifted out, but for this you'd need to grab onto the handle and it's too deep down the tube for them to reach it with their beak. One thing they have available is thin pieces of metal wire, like piano wire but much softer. They are *straight* and can't be used to grab the basket. The crow would hold one end in its beak and push the other end against a hard surface to _bend_ the wire, effectively creating a J shape. It then lowered the hook portion into the tube and raised the basket with its treat. To be clear: this crow ("Betty") had never been trained to do this or shown how to bend a wire, although it had used hooks before.
There's footage of it on TH-cam, search for: "Shaping of Hooks in New Caledonian Crows". There's also a 2002 research paper with the same title.
I love watching these cockatoo training videos I used to watch them with my family, much love to you and your cockatoos
The chopstick probably wasn't a good idea because it resembles the pegs too much from the previous puzzles.
I think there’s a slight misconception about tool use as a hallmark for intelligence. It’s not that they’ll use a tool instead of their own natural abilities that matters. It’s that they’ll use or improvise a tool when their own natural abilities aren’t enough. That’s what the puzzles should test for.
I think they are even smarter than you do. They know that if they solve the puzzle too easily, the "gravy train" stops as you go away to edit your video. But if they almost solve it, come close enough to tempt you, you'll come up with another iteration and more seeds. They have got you trained by using their greatest tool of all....their brains!! No disrespect intended, Angus. These are fascinating videos.
It’s the old psychology joke. One rat says to another: “Boy, have I got this guy trained! Every time I press this lever he gives me a piece of cheese.”
Me too think smarter than you
Your nature series is totally absorbing and fun to watch ... toes and thumbs up!
Thanks! They're so fun to interact with
Nice to see your face it feels like we don't get a lot of maker's muse content lately 😊
- 7:52 But that's just it, that's why Popeye's trick of rocking the platform with his beak is perfect, he understands the concept now, so it's an incremental move to learning to move it with a tool once he's unable to reach it with his beak. 😉👍
- 8:42 Humans like to think they're smarter than animals, but this is why superstitions exist.
- 10:36 Angus thinking he's testing the birds but the birds are testing his puzzle-making skills.
(Oh, and I've seen several videos on mainstream news channels about them running amok in Australia and opening garbage-bins and such. I always chuckle that Angus is the cartoon-villain responsible for that. 😂)
@@I.____.....__...__ Actually, if you dig around his earlier videos, one of the earlier bird ones was inspired by that news wave. Initially (and it's been a while, I could be wrong), I think he tried to create a bird-proof bin... then just kept trying to see how they responded to his challenges.
A cockatoo tool use researcher here.
We too are forced from time to time to change the design of our apparatuses, so that they can't destroy them or find alternative solutions that we didn't expect (they are pretty good at outsmarting us in that way).
I just came to praise you for the video!
I don't know why, but I could only hear Edweena in Dylan Moran's voice, mocking the name....
Also, I love the "WHAT? You wanna make something of it? Yeah, you better sit back down..." Look one of the birds gives after each demolished nibble
I love these videos, I cant wait to see these Cockatoos coding with python in couple of years.
" coding with python" in my mind, that's rather a sign of masochism, not intelligence. But... meh... I'm not judging.
I think he finding a way to get the seeds without a stick was way more impressive than it would be with him using the stick
Another awesome video Angus. Mother nature, in all her forms, never fails to prove us wrong. I agree, I don't like to see animals in captivity either.
Time to once again enjoy watching an Australian man manipulate wild parrots into making TH-cam content. Definitely one of my favorite series on the platform
I love how it took them all of two seconds to choose violence while solving the puzzle lol
the Cockatoo videos are the best!
I gave my husband the "Cliff's Notes" version of this video, and after getting a few chuckles, he made the comment,
"You realize that what he's doing it is the starting premise of a new horror movie, right?"
Cue dramatic pose, and "Planet of the Cockatoos"
Yes, he's a derp, but admit it, a few of you flinched. =grin=
Everybody (worried about AI taking over the world)
Maker's Muse: Player 3 has just entered the game.
maybe I should ask it for more cockatoo puzzle ideas haha
@@MakersMuse Yes! More cockatoo videos please!
"And so you can see that we've trained the human to keep putting seed out for us by consistently responding to his behaviour of putting silly toys on the balcony with the reward of our majestic attention"
be cool if someone would try this with corvids. some crow species have shown adaptations in their beak shape that allow them to use tools like sticks better.
but I've never heard of wild crows just chilling with people like these cockatoos.
Corvids are VERY clever, at least on par if not more so than cockatoos. They have demonstrated understanding of water displacement in some captive studies (dropping rocks into a tube to bring the food up higher). I've met some pretty chill crows, but yeah the cockatoos are way more sociable.
There is a crow near my work that I have occasionally tossed something to eat and I'm pretty sure they recognize me as they always come closer when they see me. But they might just do that with all people, I don't know.
@@ADBBuild There have been some experiments about that, and it does seem like they recognize specific individuals, including individual humans. They seem to even be able to communicate their opinion to their fellow birds in some cases, getting similar responses from birds that have never met the person the first bird has learned about.
@@MakersMuse One of Aesop's Fables is actually about that very thing. Even the Ancient Greeks had figured out how smart corvids are.
i really appreciate how by the end of the video you designed something for them instead of something trying to get them to use what we see as a useful tool.
Good to see that you're still edifying the flying bolt cutters in all manner of how to get the tasty treats. I loved seeing Popeye's little dance of pride when he successfully defeated your puzzle in the unintended method.
I started following because of your cockatoo videos, and stayed for the rest of your content, but it's nice to revisit the wildlife with new enrichment
I absolutely love these. I can't put words to it though. It might be the learning process of the birds, and or your curiosity to design tests.
Absolutely love this series of videos! Keep them coming!
here for the aminals and kindness and interaction to them. You entertain the birbs as much as they entertain us. Cheers for creating the challenges, filming and sharing it all. Sincere thanks Mr Muse. rock on
Damn, I love when you upload a video about these birds.
You genuinely care for them, and they seem happy to participate in your little experiments (That small dance @7:33 so cute).
Thank you for sharing your kindness and ingenuity with us all!
the flying sassy boltcutters are BACK let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
They never left!! haha
I love the little bird toy at the end.
It's not just tool use. Humans make tools whose only purpose is to build other tools. Animals might use a hammer, but only humans will build a machine whose only purpose is to forge hammers.
Also, that electric drill works as a screwdriver too. That's why it has a big knob around the chuck.
I love your dedication to these bird videos and make my day every time I get to watch you let these cute beasts tear things apart for fun and food.
I started watching for your 3D videos but love this cockatoo content! I have a Green Cheek Conure so think I will do make him some puzzles now haha. Also, a reason that cockatoos love chewing things up, their beaks are continually growing and chewing through wood and other things helps them keep it filed down so they don't end up with a crossbill and can't eat.
I love your cockatoo videos! Please keep them coming 🥰
I love these videos. It's not so much your (very interesting) experiments or your (very cool) 3D printing and puzzle design -- it's that you clearly have grown to love the birds. Honestly you and your sweet bird friends helped get me through the worst of lockdown, and the videos are just as delightful now.
Absolutely loved this video. Great content. Keep it up. Happy Holidays!!!!
Amazing as always. Thanks for sharing the fun.
Back when I was volunteering with WIRES. You learn to bag them quick and DON"T let them grab onto your soft bits.
These HUGE beaks are designed to break through hardened wood to get grubs and hollows for nesting sites. One chomp and you might want to get ER to reattach your fingers. XD
7:37 Cockies are like playtesters, they will always find new ways to break something that is unintended by the game designers.
I hope you get in touch with the UNSW and USyd on their cockatoo/birds thriving in urban environment research project. They have been busy documenting learnt behaviours of Cockatoos getting into bins and breaking into things for a while now.
I love this series of videos! Please keep them up!
Love their reactions to you showing them the tools and everything!
I love the head bobbing at 7:35 that is the face of a happy guy.
Your bird videos are my favorite! Love it!
Strapped for cash on disability, but THANX for sharing and being a good friend to the Cockatoos.
hi, this is Zion from comgrow, thank you for sharing the learning process of cockatoos, this is so much fun, as always this series of videos is great!
That's awesome that they trust you and you can interact with them.
Cockatoos have been observed in the wild learning from each other, so if you could teach one of them to use a key to open a door to access food, they'll all start learning how to do it by watching the one you taught how it's done. Then one day you'll leave your housekeys in reach and the entire flock will be inside your house raiding the fridge and pantry. It's probably just as well that no one has taught a wild cockatoo how to use a key yet.
Love your videos, always creative and always something cool to learn! Thanks
me in the morning: "how the heck "factory" crows managed to eat my turkey on balcony (Siberia. winter. balcony is second freezer)?? it was in: 1st - old =now-unrepairable-defunct= fridge (yep. in winter it's like it never broke), 2nd - in Big Metal Bucket, 3rd - in two layers of cloth and two layers of cellophane!!"
me in evening: "oh wow, cockatoos are so smart!!"
So interesting! Love your vids, especially the cockatoo shenanigans. Also. Noticed that old LTT sweater, heyoooo.
I am overdue for the new one haha, I've loved this one literally to death.
Karen Pryor wrote something interesting in her book "Reaching the Animal Mind" To paraphrase, she essentially says that maybe we shouldn't discount these behaviors that have been learned in captivity. She poses the idea that if the animal has the creativity to make approximations of the behavior that you can click for in free shaping, or if they even give you an opportunity to outright capture the behavior, then they clearly already had a potential for it; they already had the cognitive ability.
To help clarify for those who aren't familiar with the terms "free shaping" or "capturing," I'd like to clarify what they mean to help explain the significance of an animal offering behavior, or approximations of behavior, for capturing/free shaping.
Free shaping means that you provide no assistance or direction to the animal, you merely sit back with treats and a clicker and click for approximations of the goal behavior (each click is followed by a reinforcer, like food). Each time they clearly understand one approximation, you raise criteria to ask for another approximation closer to the final behavior. For example, you might click for looking at a stick, then approaching it, then touching it, then biting it, then picking it up, etc. The important thing is that the animal offers the behavior - they pick behaviors to attempt, all you do is reward them for picking behaviors that you're looking for.
This will influence their behavior, since they're getting rewarded for some offers and not others, but nevertheless the animal is thinking up behavior to offer on their own. For example, if you've taught them to touch a stick, then raise criteria to biting it (so they no longer get treats for just touching it), then they have to independently try to figure out what else they can do to make a click happen. It's their own creativity, their own choice, you just funnel down the endless possibilities of creativity to one set of criteria that will result in what the animal is looking for (in this case, seeds).
Capturing is when the animal offers the behavior all by themselves in its complete form, and you can reward them for it. For example, it's really tricky to teach a dog to take a deep breath on cue, at least partly because some dogs seem intent on holding their breath or taking small, subtle breaths when they're looking at you for a treat. A common, and very effective, solution is to have some treats on you as you go about your day and click/treat every time you see your dog take a deep or obvious breath. You're capturing the final goal behavior, not approximations of it. After a while, the dog realizes that deep breaths is something that makes treats happen, and you'll find that they offer the behavior on their own, even in a dedicated training session where before they held their breath.
As a Synth guy, I Love watching your synth setup slowly grow/evolve in the background.
Are the little grooves in the vids your synth jams? They're really good.
Thanks! I've been waiting for more cockatoo content!
Love this series. I love the ones that visit my backyard. They love the the walnuts from my tree
Got to be honest, wild cockatoos are the one of the things I’m jealous of you Australians. Here in America we just assume everything there will try and kill you. Then again, we do have pumas, bears and rattlesnakes where I live so I guess we can’t really talk.
@@katehuber4974 And if you piss them off and they can find our weak and squishy parts, those birds _could_ theoretically kill you.
We do have crows and ravens here, and while not as dramatic, they are also fun to watch problem solvers.
Love love love these videos! Please keep them going!
Great video as usual Angus, and best wishes + a million subscribers soon!
Fyi cockatoos need to constantly chew wood to keep their beaks in shape. Also their feet are sensitive, they can feel grubs deep in the wood and even they do, they start hacking away for extra protein
These Videos have the same kind of magic to them as Mark Robers Squirrel Mazes. Really love watching them
I love the little dance when he noticed you watching him get them out by just rocking the seed tray.. dang birds are adorable.
I love your Cockatoo miniseries!
So glad I checked my subscription feed today.
getting close to that 1M sub count - i reckon this cockatoo video will push you over the line ;)
birds are just amazing. these cockatoos remind me so much of the cockatiel i had when i was young. they're smart, but also so loving once they've bonded with us!
Happy Holidays Angus. I hope you and you feathered friends have a good one.
Edit - Your story about feeding Popeye reminded me of when I was camping with my late uncle one year. The birds around our campsite were taking bread right from out hands.
This Christmas came early! Thanks for posting another Popeye video. They are quick learners (all parrots an cockatoos) and it is so easy to teach them bad habits in captivity by accidentilly reinforcing behaviour. And I think you're right about usng tools in captivity - by boredome or by availability. Or a combination of both.
Great work & Bravo for the shout out about tree hollows & WIRES at the end!
I live in the Las Vegas in the US and have a Sulfur Crested Cockatoo with dark eyes as a pet. The breeder and a veterinarian told me that it is a female. I may have to follow up with our new vet to determine which she is. Although we have had her for 24 years so it probably doesn't matter at this point. They are difficult pets and have a lot of annoying tendencies but our "girl" is wonderful. She loves to cuddle and very sweet to the people she knows and trusts. I love this series and thank you for showing people another side of this wonderful species.
A genetic test should set you back about 40 bucks. At least it does in Australia. Males are huuuuuuuuge, have black eyes and a massive beak. They also "look?" Male...
@@drfill9210 thank you for the reply. I had a genetic test done about 20 years ago and was told female. However she has dark eyes, the beak isn’t massive but I don’t have another to compare her too.
@@michaeltorres877 genetic test wins mate :) is a girl. Congratulations!
This series is fantastic!
They are amazing birds, I once watched a magpie sit on a metal fence and pick off the caterpillars as they walked along the top of the fence towards him/ her.
I've been bitten by a wild cockatoo, through leather glove, and man did it hurt
I think it was just trying to pull my hand closer, since it was eating, but my arm was getting sore, so it was getting lower
I'm the happy "owner" of a maroon belly conure and I'm forever impressed with the dexterity and strength of his little beak. Combined with his feet, I've seen him manipulate a lot of seeds and nuts.
Oh, and he likes to throw things on the floor for the sheer hell of it too.
During my time delivering I witnessed a wild crow using a stick as a tool. It was the top of a traffic light that had deep grooves in it that kept the food just out of reach. The groves opened at the sides, so the crow just needed to push the food to get it out of the grooves. I think starting with just a grove too small for their feet they need to push food out of would help them make that connection that a stick would be helpful for them.
a new video about it! I'm so happy
I will always watch and like your cockatoos videos!
Tbh even if a human was presented with a problem they were supposed to approach completely differently than how theyve solved problems their whole life they would probably "fail" 99% of the time.
Like what?
Now I want to make water bottles with reverse cap
What an incredible animal!
Their face comes with jaws of life!
If they chip their beak or break it, would it grow back?
It grows continuously, so they actually need to chew things to keep it from growing too much!
For parrots it also depends on the nature and severity of injury. If the beak breaks through an accident or predator, the beak may not grow back completely :( some birds can still survive with somewhat damaged beaks but often they may require special softer diets and may need to kept at rescue centres. There are some amazing vets who perform beak reconstruction surgeries on birds! Beyond fascinating!! Not sure about their scope of work on wild birds though.
been waiting for another of these for ages
Yey, my favorite cockatoo channel is back!
SO CUTE SO WONDERFUL Thank you for this.
I love how cockatoo just yeet stuff away and break things like little feathered Thors. They are long living like Thor too which could explain some of their intelligence--more time to learn.
i have a cockatoo... and he is dumb as hell verbally, can only say "hello cockatoo", but tool wise, he is super smart. He knows he can move the bottom bars of his tray, so he does, some times he just bites it in a way that moves it, cuz hes so strong, and hes fast at it too. He will also use his sticks to pry it open..... most of the time he dosnt do it right, but he can, and does some times, and even when he dosnt, he knows hes for sure using the stick as a tool. Some times, he will jam the sticks in the bars soo hard, that we humans have trouble pulling them out. He also always tries to combine this little metal sauce cup he has, with the sticks, some times i think hes trying to make a spear because he tries to put the metal cup, on the end of the stick....... maybe im just seeing things, but hes defiantly trying to do something by combining the 2 objects.
also, my cockatoo would just destroy every one of the tools/puzzles you showed, regardless of if he figured it all out, destroying is his favorite thing to do.
Watching these birds try to solve this puzzle is like watching Arin Hanson try to solve a puzzle in a videogame meant for children.
Intelligence is the ability to integrate information. The head twisting most likely from working around an opening to discover the weak point to make it larger or lever open a nut for the seed kernel.
Popeye and prince in the first puzzle be like, who needs sticks when you have STROONG BEAKS
Wow Nice how you show that there are many many interesting things to create for in life and in in many ways as well!
I'm waiting for a Cockatoo to show up with a screw gun.
Love those birds. Thanks for making the video.
Yeah, why wield a chopstick, when you can also utterly destroy whatever gets in your way? Amazing how quickly they utterly ruined that wooden crate. Great video again, Angus. Thanks for sharing.
I love how it tracks that parrots love dropping things and that continues with wild cockatoos
7:29 The little dance like "Fuck you puzzle" 🤣
Moar please! Wish I had birds like this. Since Mark Rober stopped making the squirrel Olympics, I have needed a new fix. Keep this stuff up and I will watch each and every one.
i'd like to see more of this bird!
magpies are smart too.
How about a mechanism with a constrained rod that pushes the platform?
Once they are used to that it's a smaller leap to picking up a rod that isn't constrained.
I work in a natural history museum, and we have 4 sun conures that live in the interpretation office. They are quite a bit smaller than cockatoos, but equally impressive with their beaks! They also really enjoy chewing things up, so we make little toys for them out of rope, bamboo, and small wood pieces.
I love your cockatoos videos!