Cockatoos Smart Enough to Open Complicated Locks Getting called a birdbrain might not be such an insult after all. A new study published in the journal PLoS One finds that cockatoos, members of the parrot family, can figure out how to break through several complicated locks to get to a treat.
July 5, 2013 - ABC News
Irene Pepperberg in USA Today Had I known the multitude of practical obstacles and the anti-birdbrain prejudices I would face over the years, I wonder if I might have had second thoughts about the venture,Pepperberg writes in retrospect.