SELF-CARE TOOLING INNOVATION IN A DISABLED KEA (NESTOR NOTABILIS)

Self-care tooling innovation in a disabled kea (Nestor notabilis)

Abstract Tooling is associated with complex cognitive abilities, occurring most regularly in large-brained mammals and Stock Pads birds.Among birds, self-care tooling is seemingly rare in the wild, despite several anecdotal reports of this behaviour in captive parrots.Here, we show that Bruce, a disabled parrot lacking his top mandible, deliberatel

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