Cockatoos Learn To Play GOLF!

Cockatoos can play GOLF. Brings new meaning to the word Birdie! More Details: That in a report at StudyFinds where we invite you to like and subscribe for the latest information. Well, a birdie making a birdie! Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna say cockatoos are capable of using complex tools — just like early humans — to play golf. I don’t mean early humans played golf... but they did use tools. In this case, the birds held a stick with their beak to guide a ball into a collapsible platform to release a treat. Dr. Antonio Osuna-Mascaró investigated the innovative problem-solving abilities of a particularly tool-adept bird: the Goffin’s cockatoo. He came up with the idea of a golf-influenced task after passing a course on the way to his laboratory. Like they say, necessity is the mother of invention. I presume he sucks at golf too like me. Anywho... watch this. During testing, one of these two collapsible platforms w