i live in wanaka nz south island ,firstly that was its own chick it was letting out of the nest,and yes the are smart ,a farmer i know saw five keas heard a solo sheep on a cliff top and walk forward together as a group until the sheep freaked out and fell off the cliff then all the keas flew down and got stuck into it ,farmer was pissed off as she was too far away to stop the buggers,and yes they will wreak your shit hard ,but only the expensive gear as they know this will piss you off haha!!
Actually they are THE smartest bird. They like eating anything fatty or starchy - bread, hot chips and hash browns - all found regularly on ski fields - are common attractions. Their favourite drink is beer
we have a kea at work and everytime i clean the pond he stands infront of the door so i cant get out and thehn when i go get out he runs over and throws the hose out so i ahve to go back in and put it back in the pond lol
It's not instinct, it's their natural curiosity they are born with. It's just like humans learn: By playing around with things, we gradually figure out how they work.
i like these birds. Just recognized their sound when i was visiting local zoo. Afterwards i was hoping to see some "real-life-kea" and found this one. Love this bird, what a smartass!! :) really impressive
They are really intelligent! Amazing parrots but their beak looks really intimidating! I still preferred my Black Capped Conure, Kacy which look much less harmless :D
Crow-birds (Ravens, crows, magpies, etc) are at least equally as smart as chimpansees, actually. And these kea parrots seem to be as smart as, or smarter than, crow-birds.
@gordon4456ex Actually, I think I would go as far as saying this is the 2nd most intelligent animal on the planet, not too far behind us (certainly not as far as chimps).
Think about it this way, we got to where we are by:
a. being smart and innovative
b. learning language, so we can pass on knowledge
c. co-operating.
d. hunting, and eating high calorie, fatty organs, like brain and bone marrow
This bird is smart enough to figure shit out right away (only humans can do that), it co-operates..
@gordon4456ex ... which means it doesn't show pride and egotistical behavior. It's also curious, has tremendous power for its size, and yet it still has the dexterity to use its beak and feet to grasp and manipulate. The only downside I see is that this parrot doesn't have such great vocal chords, like real parrots; it could have helped them create language, and really kick start this thing.
@METALIST1989 Pideons are the only birds that are called "rats with wings". Oh, and when I said "stupid humans.... monkeys with clothes" I wasn't talking about the average intellegance to advanced group, only irritatingly dumb people, oh, and that's a very racist thing you said, Cracker.
Ironiccliche, think about it like this: There are about 60 species of native New Zealand birds that are now extinct. The kea is pretty much the only species smart enough to hate us (other than the Haast's Eagle, which used to awesomely pick up Maori children and fly away with them), and its totally deserved on our part.
Truly magnificent birds. I saw them up at the snow when I was skiing in NZ last week. They seem to hang around car parks and buildings at the ski fields, particularly when people leave food scraps around, whether that's on the ground or in a bin where they also also fish out any food.
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eh, its alright... i just dont want to get into that right now, but i will say that when one male and one female organism make offspring their offspring has to be "like" the parent organism. that is the law for sexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction is where one organism is some how split which therefore make an exact duplicate of itself. in my opinion there is just no room for evolution. however, im not saying that things wont adapt to their environment over time .
If you don't want to "get into that" don't post misleading information. stating that you don't believe in evolution is your buisness but if you say stuff like that some kid might actually believe it.
Just in case, you don't take into account casual mutation and variation, and natural selection.
you know you're the ignorant type of person who purposely tries to get on my nerves by saying "some kid might actually believe it". well guess what? YOU'RE WRONG! By the way, evolving from a fucking dinosaur to a small bird is NOT casual mutation... casual mutation is when a bird is born with a blue feather instead of a green one ect....
OMFG THIS BIRD IS GODLY!!! and btw, another super smart anomal is the indonesian mimic octopus, its on youtube watch it, these animals are smart as h$^&!
sadgreen, they most likely have the band on the Kea's leg for the purpose of keeping track of it's locations. It gives scientists useful information if another person finds the banded animal too, because the person who found the animal can contact the bander (person who banded the bird) and say "hey I found a bird you banded. My location is....the bird's condition is..." You get the picture.
The Kea seems to have a band on its leg, meaning thats its either a pet (and has been trained to do the trick) or its being tracked by scientists (to remember which is which).
he has band cause they are close to extinct (bout 10 000 of them in world) so they have to be marked and its true they are so smart, they even beat dolphins and monkeys in tests
You're right about the fact that intelligence isn't always beneficial. Just take a look at us humans. I think we can be considered the most intelligent form of life on this planet and yet, there's people who hate other people because of the colour of their skin or other people, who have extreme religious beliefs and are killing other people in the name of their fanatic beliefs. We have rapists, child molestors, murderers, war mongers, etc. No, intelligence is not always beneficial.
From the standpoint of humans as a species none of these things has had any impact on our success. We're the dominant species on every continent. And it's only because of our intelligence that we can create morals and consider things like murder, rape, etc (things not at all uncommon among animals) as bad.
@evilpika7 Not realy, insects rule the world, it's impossible for us to hunt them to extinction, their simple bodies allow them to survive radiation amounts we can't, they can reproduce in the thousands in about a week, and they are small. so we are more advanced, but they were here before the dinosaurs, and are here to stay.
@InsanimationStudios I have to give you that. Insects are more successful by several definitions of "dominant species". Hell, mice, rats, and several other animals that we've spread to other continents could give us a run for our money.
Fail. Hating other people because of the colour of their skin has not intelligence involved. As the one who is killing people in name of his fanatic beliefs.
Is this the only parrot that shows such destructive behaviour in the wild?? I thought only tame parrots could become destructive (when spoiled ofcourse).
Im refering to the birds destructive behaviour based on other videos posted on youtube
Why would they ban Keas from getting shot at if they were eating peoples sheep? I mean now they need to put up scarekea or something? I mean what on earth is going on ?
Next thing you know, vampire Keas roaming the night, challenging the authority of vampire bats.
Yes, keas have been seen eating sheep. According to research, Keas developed high curiousity as an adaptive mechanism for survival. That is, they try everything and anything that looks like it can be eaten. This is especially useful in an alpine area where there is snow a lot of the year and not a lot to eat. New Zealand does not have any large predators (except those introduced) so you often see dead sheep in a pile left to rot by a farmer. It is natural that a kea would try eat it.
these animals are interesting, quite smart birds, would like to see a competition between a kea and a crow, crows are pretty smart as well, they can even count, not as good as human can, but both animals keas and crows are impressive
Am i remembering this right?....Years ago I saw a tv piece about some cattle in NZ who were being attacked by some unknown animal. The farmer or rancher had said that something at night was cutting the flesh on the cattles backs open and in the daytime he would find them all bloody. So they set up a night vision camera, taped it and found it was these kea birds that were doing it. The commentator said that they were actually drinking the blood to sustain themselves. Was that just bunk?
That wasn't a penguin that was a sometype of water gull which i forgot the name of..but i have the dvd of birds where that scene came from.Keas are one of the 2 parrot species that are omnivorous.
it looks like it pulled out a baby penguin. There are penguins that live in the south island, and their babies look like little brown furballs and they stay in burrows all day.
Probably both. The Kea's memory seems to be better attuned than tropical parrots who have access to their food all the time. Parrots in general are very smart animals.
By the way, what did the Kea pull out at the last scene? A dead baby ground owl? O.O
these are really smart birds and i cant helop to relate that the other smartest bird on earth, the raven from northern canada is also from a similar cold climate, perharps the environment may have a strong effect on shaping intelligence.
The grey parrot is also one of the most intelligent, and is from tropical climes, and ravens exist in a lot of places, including Mexico, and here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'd question the climate correlation.
No. They are a legally protected species. They are also very large and strong birds and they enjoy destroying things. They are kept in public aviaries and zoos however.
lol when i walked the milford track some poor person left their boots outside.. fool.. needless to say they were no longer wearable in the morning. love these things. theyr vain to. we were outside homer tunnel and we stopped to take a photo and as soon as we got the camera out one came up to us and opened its wings... it was strange.
Most people say that the african grey parrot is the smartest in the world, but there is a lot of evidence that these are at least as smart. Just not so talkative.
At Arthur's Pass past the Acquaduct last Saturday during a storm I pulled up to take some photos and one of these birds came up to me and gave me an 18kt gold earring! Obviously stolen from someone else! It flew in when I pulled up with my car and dropped it at my feet and I have a photo to prove it. I am now wearing it. I am from Australia and had never seen these birds before until a friend in Christchurch told me all about them! Cheeky fellas.
I wanted to feed him but there was a sign saying: DO NOT FEED THE KEA.....felt a bit sorry for him as it was raining quite heavily. But then again, a friend told me she has seen a gang of them at Arthur's Pass wait outside while one goes inside, distracts the shopkeeper and steals a bag of sweets to share....cunning and intelligent to boot! I am still wearing the earring and love telling the tale!
This is a great video thanks for posting I spend a lot of time with kea and they are wonderfull until they shred your tent/slings/boots/pack even then I still have fond spot for these half kilo gorrilas with a beak.
A shame it now appears the New Zealand governments department of conservation has accidentally poisoned close to the entire population of them in New Zealand only 5000 left.
the thing is they have done these tests with many different animals including other birds. for most of them it took months to do this but these birds did it straight away
I love these birds. They are underestimated in they're intelligence. One sort of birds is more intelligent than monkeys, because the could recognize themselve in a mirror.
But these keas are crazy aswell. In the zoo of my hometown they often played dead to trick the visitors. But the staff of the zoo knows this trick already and has to calm the visitors *g*
Of course it's not instinct. Where in the wild would Kea parrots come across garbage cans with something ontop of them? No way that's instinct; that's street-smarts.
The kea at the end was hunting a muttonbird chick, which is a type of sea bird.
Valbonelle 1 week ago
i live in wanaka nz south island ,firstly that was its own chick it was letting out of the nest,and yes the are smart ,a farmer i know saw five keas heard a solo sheep on a cliff top and walk forward together as a group until the sheep freaked out and fell off the cliff then all the keas flew down and got stuck into it ,farmer was pissed off as she was too far away to stop the buggers,and yes they will wreak your shit hard ,but only the expensive gear as they know this will piss you off haha!!
MrKiwifreerider 2 weeks ago
Intelligent little guys. :3
FrenchieMeister 1 month ago
Bwahahaha! The Keas are like... you underestimate me, now give me a better challenge!
JazzLassie6020 1 month ago
cool................
helga2501 4 months ago
Actually they are THE smartest bird. They like eating anything fatty or starchy - bread, hot chips and hash browns - all found regularly on ski fields - are common attractions. Their favourite drink is beer
PhysicalsimForever 8 months ago
@PhysicalsimForever id say level pegging with the Raven
beastinblack 7 months ago
Why does it have chess reflection on its eyes?
verthius 8 months ago 2
they like chewing rubber. This means they attack windscreen-wipers and car tyres which pisses everybody off
PhysicalsimForever 8 months ago
now this is something my mind cannt chew, just wow
xCamorrAx 8 months ago
Stuff those little bastards in cages and sell them for $20.00 each.
john17972 8 months ago
Yeah I named my username after these little guys. Why you might ask? Well that is simple.... they are badass.
KeaParrot123 9 months ago
so these parrots are actually predators? ithought parrots exclusively eat vegitables/nuts etc
RevellAndRepend 10 months ago
What's really awesome is watching them tear into a live sheep.
Drew776655 10 months ago
LOL :)
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matthew77899 1 year ago
@matthew77899 You can't elevate the status of other animals by degrading all humans.
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we have a kea at work and everytime i clean the pond he stands infront of the door so i cant get out and thehn when i go get out he runs over and throws the hose out so i ahve to go back in and put it back in the pond lol
draco3113 1 year ago
2:05 what was that ?
rosn73 1 year ago
@rosn73 Baby bird.
comandermalander456 1 year ago
the one with the glass tube was trained
standingByHim 1 year ago
It's not instinct, it's their natural curiosity they are born with. It's just like humans learn: By playing around with things, we gradually figure out how they work.
lagerbaer 1 year ago
smarter than some of my former classmates at high school
TheNovemberRain92 1 year ago
Most of Birds can construct there home and rule
But our retard can suck or fallen and the sit
one of most bad case is mao
LoL
nikinikinikita 1 year ago
I think it's awesome because thats my name, Kea! ( I am serious, it is.)
AbductedBySheep 1 year ago
i saw a kea in a zoo and couldnt belive how clever this bird is
hannes15555555555 1 year ago
@hannes15555555555 what zoo?
shinglehillclimber88 1 year ago
@shinglehillclimber88
it was the zoo willhelma in stuttgart, germany!
they have got 2 or 3 of them
hannes15555555555 1 year ago
@hannes15555555555 lol cool
shinglehillclimber88 1 year ago
looks pretty fkn smart to me
aamk4 1 year ago
i like these birds. Just recognized their sound when i was visiting local zoo. Afterwards i was hoping to see some "real-life-kea" and found this one. Love this bird, what a smartass!! :) really impressive
sebi119 1 year ago
Wow ah dorable bird!!!!! X
XxyusrahxX 1 year ago
They are really intelligent! Amazing parrots but their beak looks really intimidating! I still preferred my Black Capped Conure, Kacy which look much less harmless :D
proviewsg 1 year ago
"is this instinct or intelligence" not "intelligent" as you have written out of context and only an un intelligent person could as that question.
blatently intelligent. nice vid
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robpeter1 1 year ago
definitely intelligence!
OhLaDiDaDiDa 1 year ago
Wow! Very intelligent.
Where?
Puzzles learned.
robertgift 1 year ago
smarter then some of the people i know
incertaesedis54 1 year ago 2
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not all humans are niggers
parkour1mits 1 year ago
in the few 10 years, the population of these birds falled 50% thx humans : says the Kea
sujoms 1 year ago
Yay a newzeland bird. woop d doo.
Jizzem66 1 year ago
@Jizzem66 Yay a jaded user on youtube. woop d doo.
ErikWithBrain 1 year ago
definitely intelligent.
kea is one of the most smartest birds ever. almost the same intelligence of a monkey
gordon4456ex 1 year ago 35
@gordon4456ex
Crow-birds (Ravens, crows, magpies, etc) are at least equally as smart as chimpansees, actually. And these kea parrots seem to be as smart as, or smarter than, crow-birds.
Anarkiados 1 year ago
@Anarkiados Corvids, is the word you're looking for I think :)
EventideLily 1 year ago
@gordon4456ex
lol agreed
ilykmusic28 1 year ago
@gordon4456ex
Dolphins, chimpanzee, whales and kea.
Followed by octopus, pigs, elephants, crows, parrots and rats.
Followed by dogs.
moodswyng 1 year ago
@moodswyng followed by cats and then followed by dogs
KlubDonnerstag 1 year ago
@KlubDonnerstag really? are cats smarter?
moodswyng 1 year ago
@moodswyng Cats don't listen to commands and quite the contrary, they think they are the ruler of the house and sometimes they are.
But not only that makes them smarter than dogs or horses.
KlubDonnerstag 1 year ago
@gordon4456ex Actually, I think I would go as far as saying this is the 2nd most intelligent animal on the planet, not too far behind us (certainly not as far as chimps).
Think about it this way, we got to where we are by:
a. being smart and innovative
b. learning language, so we can pass on knowledge
c. co-operating.
d. hunting, and eating high calorie, fatty organs, like brain and bone marrow
This bird is smart enough to figure shit out right away (only humans can do that), it co-operates..
mostliberal 1 year ago
@gordon4456ex ... which means it doesn't show pride and egotistical behavior. It's also curious, has tremendous power for its size, and yet it still has the dexterity to use its beak and feet to grasp and manipulate. The only downside I see is that this parrot doesn't have such great vocal chords, like real parrots; it could have helped them create language, and really kick start this thing.
mostliberal 1 year ago
@gordon4456ex and smarter than some humans
SirNaziCommunist 9 months ago
@gordon4456ex that means more than some humans hehe
spepper 4 months ago
@gordon4456ex also one of the naughtiest!!
beastinblack 3 months ago
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birds... rats with wings
METALIST1989 1 year ago
@METALIST1989 awesome, cause rats are awesome.
JayAre561 1 year ago
@METALIST1989 stupid humans... monkeys with clothes
InsanimationStudios 1 year ago
@InsanimationStudios not all humans are niggers
METALIST1989 1 year ago
@METALIST1989 Pideons are the only birds that are called "rats with wings". Oh, and when I said "stupid humans.... monkeys with clothes" I wasn't talking about the average intellegance to advanced group, only irritatingly dumb people, oh, and that's a very racist thing you said, Cracker.
InsanimationStudios 1 year ago
Ironiccliche, think about it like this: There are about 60 species of native New Zealand birds that are now extinct. The kea is pretty much the only species smart enough to hate us (other than the Haast's Eagle, which used to awesomely pick up Maori children and fly away with them), and its totally deserved on our part.
moosecow417 1 year ago
Kusun Kafazi basen Insandan daha zekali;)
Paylasim icin tesekkürler cok
ilginc bir yapim.
TurkmanPower 2 years ago
ha ha looks pretty smart to me
ILLFEELINZ 2 years ago
WOW!!!!!
petraolofsson 2 years ago
i have seen this when it was on tv
very smart birds
ShadowWolfe96 2 years ago 3
mannnn, i wanna see more animal intelligence. have us some sentient companions on this planet.
^^
NwZ2 2 years ago
i got a parrot
imkenneth11 2 years ago
Eurgh these birds are so annoying... sure very smart but so destructive.
ironiccliche 2 years ago
smart.
Antiks72 2 years ago
at 1:45 if your reading this comment out there then your the one they pull out of the hole....................
haha lol im just kidding
08071987 2 years ago
Amazing!!!!!
petbehaviourist 2 years ago
poor alex that's sad
OCTALKS2U 2 years ago
Looked like a rabbit. Keas are pretty large. We saw one jumping on a library bus once and trying to eat the rubber around the steps.
SharebNZ 2 years ago
what was the animal in the hole at 2:15 I really couldnt see clearly
iwantcoolname 2 years ago
damn I mean 2:10
iwantcoolname 2 years ago
they were chicks of another bird. Yes they're omnivorous
gookchild 2 years ago 2
It was most likely a shearwater chick, which is a bird. The Hutton's Shearwater breeds in NZ high country which is where Keas inhabit also.
fourwalls2007 2 years ago
thanks I checked and it indeed looks similar.
iwantcoolname 2 years ago
Truly magnificent birds. I saw them up at the snow when I was skiing in NZ last week. They seem to hang around car parks and buildings at the ski fields, particularly when people leave food scraps around, whether that's on the ground or in a bin where they also also fish out any food.
jezeats 2 years ago
They're also horribly strong!
greengrendel 2 years ago
evolved from dinosaurs
someuser91 2 years ago 3
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no.... they didnt....
bananatree94 2 years ago
From what then?
greengrendel 2 years ago
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NOTHING... birds are birds... nothing else.... and never have been anything else... the whole evolution theory is ridiculous to me..
bananatree94 2 years ago
aah.... I thought it was a scientific discussion, sorry for the misunderstanding. *backs away*
greengrendel 2 years ago
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eh, its alright... i just dont want to get into that right now, but i will say that when one male and one female organism make offspring their offspring has to be "like" the parent organism. that is the law for sexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction is where one organism is some how split which therefore make an exact duplicate of itself. in my opinion there is just no room for evolution. however, im not saying that things wont adapt to their environment over time .
bananatree94 2 years ago
If you don't want to "get into that" don't post misleading information. stating that you don't believe in evolution is your buisness but if you say stuff like that some kid might actually believe it.
Just in case, you don't take into account casual mutation and variation, and natural selection.
greengrendel 2 years ago
you know you're the ignorant type of person who purposely tries to get on my nerves by saying "some kid might actually believe it". well guess what? YOU'RE WRONG! By the way, evolving from a fucking dinosaur to a small bird is NOT casual mutation... casual mutation is when a bird is born with a blue feather instead of a green one ect....
bananatree94 2 years ago
""some kid might actually believe it". well guess what? YOU'RE WRONG!"
...thank God ;)
greengrendel 2 years ago
Intelligent little things..
It's not instinct because the problems are being solved and they are very different problems...it is completely problem solving intelligence..
Veetoria 2 years ago 3
Turkish? The language I mean..
KingOfRedLions727 2 years ago
We could use some of these guys in middle management.
MemberNo2 2 years ago 62
They make a lot of toys for parrots like that. They're called foraging toys. It's definably intelligence since they have to figure out the puzzle.
captmicha 2 years ago 2
holy shit was that a rabbit at 2:09 - 2:12
theCelticDragon1 2 years ago
Baby seabird of some kind. I don't think New Zealand has rabbits.
evilpika7 2 years ago
yes
TheOriginalXmas 2 years ago
OMFG THIS BIRD IS GODLY!!! and btw, another super smart anomal is the indonesian mimic octopus, its on youtube watch it, these animals are smart as h$^&!
cooliodude96529 2 years ago
The Octopus isn't that inteligent, its very uniqe because of its skin and organs, but it only tries to Mimic, thats Instinct.
DarkRisingLord 2 years ago
Wow they are so powerful, even stronger than Crows, I would love to go and see in person.
Phoenixkidd 2 years ago
sadgreen, LMAO I don't think scare crows for Keas are going to work if the birds have such a natural propensity for curiosity and destructiveness.
carebearnmbr46 2 years ago
It was sarcasm
sadgreen 2 years ago
sadgreen, they most likely have the band on the Kea's leg for the purpose of keeping track of it's locations. It gives scientists useful information if another person finds the banded animal too, because the person who found the animal can contact the bander (person who banded the bird) and say "hey I found a bird you banded. My location is....the bird's condition is..." You get the picture.
carebearnmbr46 2 years ago
The Kea seems to have a band on its leg, meaning thats its either a pet (and has been trained to do the trick) or its being tracked by scientists (to remember which is which).
sadgreen 2 years ago
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lintu666222 2 years ago
he has band cause they are close to extinct (bout 10 000 of them in world) so they have to be marked and its true they are so smart, they even beat dolphins and monkeys in tests
lintu666222 2 years ago
Wow, never new Keas are considered THAT intelligent. That should be a reason on its own why they should be a protected species.
Although intelligence can sometimes not always be beneficial
sadgreen 2 years ago
You're right about the fact that intelligence isn't always beneficial. Just take a look at us humans. I think we can be considered the most intelligent form of life on this planet and yet, there's people who hate other people because of the colour of their skin or other people, who have extreme religious beliefs and are killing other people in the name of their fanatic beliefs. We have rapists, child molestors, murderers, war mongers, etc. No, intelligence is not always beneficial.
domdom111111 2 years ago
From the standpoint of humans as a species none of these things has had any impact on our success. We're the dominant species on every continent. And it's only because of our intelligence that we can create morals and consider things like murder, rape, etc (things not at all uncommon among animals) as bad.
evilpika7 2 years ago
@evilpika7 Not realy, insects rule the world, it's impossible for us to hunt them to extinction, their simple bodies allow them to survive radiation amounts we can't, they can reproduce in the thousands in about a week, and they are small. so we are more advanced, but they were here before the dinosaurs, and are here to stay.
InsanimationStudios 1 year ago
@InsanimationStudios I have to give you that. Insects are more successful by several definitions of "dominant species". Hell, mice, rats, and several other animals that we've spread to other continents could give us a run for our money.
evilpika7 1 year ago
Fail. Hating other people because of the colour of their skin has not intelligence involved. As the one who is killing people in name of his fanatic beliefs.
Borntolagagain 2 years ago
there endaegered so im gessing is being tracked there really smart to
SkullKing11841 2 years ago
Is this the only parrot that shows such destructive behaviour in the wild?? I thought only tame parrots could become destructive (when spoiled ofcourse).
Im refering to the birds destructive behaviour based on other videos posted on youtube
sadgreen 2 years ago
A parrot that eats sheep, sick!
Why would they ban Keas from getting shot at if they were eating peoples sheep? I mean now they need to put up scarekea or something? I mean what on earth is going on ?
Next thing you know, vampire Keas roaming the night, challenging the authority of vampire bats.
sadgreen 2 years ago
that wasnt a sheep it was a baby bird ive seen this ep on animal planet hosted by that david guy
SkullKing11841 2 years ago
Okay but I was talking about this parrot in general. There are some videos on youtube of this parrot eating sheep while they are alive.
sadgreen 2 years ago
Yes, keas have been seen eating sheep. According to research, Keas developed high curiousity as an adaptive mechanism for survival. That is, they try everything and anything that looks like it can be eaten. This is especially useful in an alpine area where there is snow a lot of the year and not a lot to eat. New Zealand does not have any large predators (except those introduced) so you often see dead sheep in a pile left to rot by a farmer. It is natural that a kea would try eat it.
thesmifs 2 years ago
Thanks for the extra insight, thesmifs.
sadgreen 2 years ago
Are they also called Snow Parrots?
captmicha 2 years ago
me 2
Matepeti666 2 years ago
these animals are interesting, quite smart birds, would like to see a competition between a kea and a crow, crows are pretty smart as well, they can even count, not as good as human can, but both animals keas and crows are impressive
laganjaesbuena 2 years ago
i love kea
andresCRESTANI 2 years ago
Omg much intelligent than me -.- very frustrating :((
mattheus87 2 years ago
keas are little evil strong birds
skyshot94 2 years ago
my name is kea too, awesome:D:D
KeaKruuse 2 years ago
Sadly, their smarter than some people I run across at work lol.
kingkongbassbeat 2 years ago 5
Am i remembering this right?....Years ago I saw a tv piece about some cattle in NZ who were being attacked by some unknown animal. The farmer or rancher had said that something at night was cutting the flesh on the cattles backs open and in the daytime he would find them all bloody. So they set up a night vision camera, taped it and found it was these kea birds that were doing it. The commentator said that they were actually drinking the blood to sustain themselves. Was that just bunk?
UglyMannheim 3 years ago
Yea it happens when one of the keas tastes the blood of sheep then they just keep doing it;. farmers used to shoot them til it became illegal.
shaggyboarder 3 years ago 3
i love those birds
LowBudProd 3 years ago 3
That wasn't a penguin that was a sometype of water gull which i forgot the name of..but i have the dvd of birds where that scene came from.Keas are one of the 2 parrot species that are omnivorous.
wkkimmy 3 years ago
Whats the other parrot species?
sadgreen 2 years ago
it looks like it pulled out a baby penguin. There are penguins that live in the south island, and their babies look like little brown furballs and they stay in burrows all day.
SuperBravoOne 3 years ago
AMAZING
0shresthanil0 3 years ago
This is a very smart animal for sure !!!!!
Centurion7882 3 years ago
awesome, pretty smart...this is my new favorite animal, lol...not just because its smart though
cyclonek9 3 years ago
my name is kea.... weird
XxmoonwolfgirlXx 3 years ago
kia ora!
i luv kea's there's a pair at hamilton zoo that are just beautiful!
tovahtovahtovah 3 years ago
Probably both. The Kea's memory seems to be better attuned than tropical parrots who have access to their food all the time. Parrots in general are very smart animals.
By the way, what did the Kea pull out at the last scene? A dead baby ground owl? O.O
Inkoseh 3 years ago
What a smart bird
appleJUICEomg 3 years ago
these are really smart birds and i cant helop to relate that the other smartest bird on earth, the raven from northern canada is also from a similar cold climate, perharps the environment may have a strong effect on shaping intelligence.
climid 3 years ago
The grey parrot is also one of the most intelligent, and is from tropical climes, and ravens exist in a lot of places, including Mexico, and here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'd question the climate correlation.
marymactavish 3 years ago
can keas be bought as pets?
scorpius420 3 years ago
No. They are a legally protected species. They are also very large and strong birds and they enjoy destroying things. They are kept in public aviaries and zoos however.
Pinkyfuretto 3 years ago 2
lol when i walked the milford track some poor person left their boots outside.. fool.. needless to say they were no longer wearable in the morning. love these things. theyr vain to. we were outside homer tunnel and we stopped to take a photo and as soon as we got the camera out one came up to us and opened its wings... it was strange.
nix63 3 years ago
Most people say that the african grey parrot is the smartest in the world, but there is a lot of evidence that these are at least as smart. Just not so talkative.
jamalmanity 3 years ago
A british study a few years ago claimed that pound for pound,the Kea was the smartest animal on the planet... fwiw
LoudValves 3 years ago
I believe it.....smarter that my cat!!
genista2001 3 years ago
At Arthur's Pass past the Acquaduct last Saturday during a storm I pulled up to take some photos and one of these birds came up to me and gave me an 18kt gold earring! Obviously stolen from someone else! It flew in when I pulled up with my car and dropped it at my feet and I have a photo to prove it. I am now wearing it. I am from Australia and had never seen these birds before until a friend in Christchurch told me all about them! Cheeky fellas.
genista2001 3 years ago
it wanted payment in food for the treasure I'm sure
LoudValves 3 years ago
I wanted to feed him but there was a sign saying: DO NOT FEED THE KEA.....felt a bit sorry for him as it was raining quite heavily. But then again, a friend told me she has seen a gang of them at Arthur's Pass wait outside while one goes inside, distracts the shopkeeper and steals a bag of sweets to share....cunning and intelligent to boot! I am still wearing the earring and love telling the tale!
genista2001 3 years ago 2
in many ways these birds and other birds are smater then higher primates.
indrajeet 3 years ago
We have these at our zoo now.
giantpanda371 3 years ago
Just how smart is a kea? They are smart as other parrots.
giantpanda371 3 years ago
CoyoteJack2, it was actually a muttonbird, not a penguin, I think.
Shazzoir 3 years ago
These things are way too smart.
16636665 3 years ago
Smartest animal in the world for the win!
Dephran 3 years ago 2
SMART bird
KEAs2009 3 years ago
Wow, that is amazing! Gotta feel bad for the baby bird, though...
macawlover2 3 years ago
oh man these birds are cool but sooo desctructive! lol.. and way too confident :P gotta love em tho!
beanybo0 3 years ago
This is a great video thanks for posting I spend a lot of time with kea and they are wonderfull until they shred your tent/slings/boots/pack even then I still have fond spot for these half kilo gorrilas with a beak.
A shame it now appears the New Zealand governments department of conservation has accidentally poisoned close to the entire population of them in New Zealand only 5000 left.
Speargrass 3 years ago
Is it a mutton bird chick being pulled out?
lanteli 3 years ago
pretty sure it was or another flavour of shearwater.
basilbrushnz 3 years ago
the bird it pulled out of the ground was a penguin, a baby one still with its down
CoyoteJack2 3 years ago
benguins live under grounds ????
damn i thought they make nests on the beach
QuantumGamer 3 years ago
like fucking mole-penguins xD "whats that in the yard, OMG a penguin going 20 km/h under ground xD
redheadbasterd 3 years ago
Parrots like the kia in many ways are superiors in intellingence to higher primates
indrajeet 3 years ago
What did the kea pull out of the ground at the end? clearly some kind of baby bird, another of it's own species?
bmcguire80 3 years ago
Kea The world's only mountain parrot
kiwi0800 3 years ago
hahah so funny
tempid11 3 years ago
Absolutely intelligent! Big birds are clever, no doubt.
abakus1 3 years ago
Most, if not all animals utilize logic for without it many would no learn how to get food.
Elarte90 3 years ago 3
the thing is they have done these tests with many different animals including other birds. for most of them it took months to do this but these birds did it straight away
SLASH57062 3 years ago 2
Does anyone know what language this is in?
Zenzizenzezenzic 3 years ago
TÜRKÇE (Turkish)
mgborhan 3 years ago
I love these birds. They are underestimated in they're intelligence. One sort of birds is more intelligent than monkeys, because the could recognize themselve in a mirror.
But these keas are crazy aswell. In the zoo of my hometown they often played dead to trick the visitors. But the staff of the zoo knows this trick already and has to calm the visitors *g*
Inkoknyto 3 years ago
Of course it's not instinct. Where in the wild would Kea parrots come across garbage cans with something ontop of them? No way that's instinct; that's street-smarts.
m00dyz 3 years ago 4
Yes, this is ideal
missdraculaa 3 years ago
oh i saw the whole documentation, and its so unbelieveable! i love keas =) but i never would let my car outside the garage hehe
vauxielein 3 years ago