Wild cockatoos use tools as ‘cutlery’ to open seeds

Wild cockatoos have been observed using three types of tools as ’cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit. Researchers made the discovery while studying Goffin’s cockatoos on the Tanimbar Islands, a remote archipelago in Indonesia. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Wild cockatoos observed using tools as ‘cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit ► Cockatoos in Sydney learning from each other to bin-dive for food, study finds ► Australian bird of the year 2021: nominate your favourite for the shortlist ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible