{"id":898,"date":"2023-02-28T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=898"},"modified":"2023-03-05T22:05:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T22:05:44","slug":"smarter-than-we-think-intelligence-cockatoo-uses-mulitiple-tools-sheep-unlocks-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/smarter-than-we-think-intelligence-cockatoo-uses-mulitiple-tools-sheep-unlocks-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re smarter than we think: cockatoo makes and uses toolset, sheep unlocks gate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cockatoos can use a set of tools to retrieve rewards\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W41Fv-I-gnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cockatoos Make Tools from Different Materials\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBQpqtbxplQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hilarious video shows a cheeky sheep using its head to unlock a gate to let her pals free | SWNS\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JUBM7jmrRIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/10\/world\/cockatoos-use-toolkits-study-intl-scli-scn\/index.html\">Cockatoos can not only use tools, they can carry whole toolkits to trickier jobs, study shows<\/a><br>\n(CNN)The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom, but according to new research, cockatoos are the first birds on the block to carry and use a tool kit to suit their needs.<br><br>\n\nUsing 10 Goffin&#8217;s cockatoos, researchers from Austria and the UK made their discovery after carrying out three experiments as published in the journal Current Biology Friday. Previously, the only non-human animal known to use a toolkit was the chimpanzee, specifically the Goualougo Triangle chimpanzee from the northern Republic of Congo, according to the study.<br><br>\n\nDescribing the first experiment, Osuna Mascar\u00f3 said: &#8220;We gave them a problem in which they had to fish cashews out of a box, by first poking a hole in the membrane that blocked it with a short, pointy stick and then getting it out with a longer, flexible stick.&#8221;<br><br>\n\nTo the researchers&#8217; surprise, some of the cockatoos solved the problem very quickly, with one taking just 31 seconds to do so in its first try.<br><br>\n\nMark Briffa, associate head at the School of Biological and Marine Sciences at the University of Plymouth, told CNN that basic tool use is common in animals, but using &#8220;a tool set implies the ability to solve problems through flexibly applying some insight of a given situation &#8230; (which) this study convincingly shows.&#8221; Briffa was not involved in the study.<br><br>\n\n&#8220;We noticed that each cockatoo had a different way of carrying and using the tool sets, which is interesting because cockatoos learned it through play and being curious, like humans do,&#8221; he said.<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/unsolved-mystery-ends-as-sheep-caught-using-its-head-to-unlock-gate\/\">Hidden Camera Catches Clever Sheep Unlocking Gate to Free His Posse\u2013And Solves a Mystery (Watch)<\/a><br>\nA farm staff was stunned after it learned that one clever sheep had been unlocking a gate to let herself and her pals roam free.<br><br>\n\nThe Whitehouse Farm Centre in Morpeth, England, had no suspects for the rash of break-outs in their barn. They were left baffled when Lucy the one-year-old Leicester sheep and her two fellow ewes repeatedly escaped.<br><br>\n\nTo solve the mystery, they installed a hidden camera\u2014and got a huge surprise. Footage of the gate revealed that Lucy was pulling the wool over everyone\u2019s eyes. In the video,, she put her head through the wooden fence and then slid the bolt open by using her mouth.<br><br>\n\nThe dextrous black and white sheep then pulls the gate inwards to open it and in a matter of seconds, Lucy and her companions are freed to explore the farm.<br><br>\n\nThe animal even appears to look both ways, checking left and right for oncoming staff, before unlocking the pen and escaping. \u201cThe craziest part was that she knew she needed to open the gate inward,\u201d said one user. \u201cAnd they say sheep are stupid,\u201d joked another. \u201cYou have definitely shown them.\u201d<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) Cockatoos can not only use tools, they can carry whole toolkits to trickier jobs, study shows (CNN)The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom, but according to new research, cockatoos are the first birds on the block to carry and use<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/smarter-than-we-think-intelligence-cockatoo-uses-mulitiple-tools-sheep-unlocks-gate\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,11,12],"tags":[44,26,27,43,42,39,31,76,68],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-humor","post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-figures-and-facts","category-funny-bone","category-life-nature-society","category-science-and-technology","category-us-and-world","tag-animals","tag-facts","tag-figures","tag-funny","tag-humor","tag-nature","tag-science","tag-video","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}