kea parrot

is this instinct or intelligent?

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[gordon4456ex]

definitely intelligent.

kea is one of the most smartest birds ever. almost the same intelligence of a monkey

[verthius]

Why does it have chess reflection on its eyes?

[Stabsolution]

In the original video the narration was something about the first bird performing the task being watched by the second who learned and immediately emulated its process to get the reward. It's cheesy as hell

[Karen Wingrove]

Merhaba, Orhan. Good video.Keas are fascinating parrots.

[TheBellows000]

I think you mean ape, not monkey.

[mutomeister]

Oh at least in terms of problem solving, keas probably outclass monkeys, probably beat non human great apes and even outwit the heavy weight champion of tool use, the new caledonian crow.

[Sazesha]

@verthius - it's from a documentary called "Kea - The Smartest Parrot"; it's a transition effect used in the film

[squitestubez]

Most parrots (macaws, grays, etc) are actually omnivorous. I guess word on the street is that they really dig fish.

[MegaPoepdrol]

well they are sure cool and since i love parrots i really love these birds :)

theyre smarter than your average retard :)

[Thewhiteandorange]

I thought it was a crow at first when he was going for the garbage. so impressive.

[newyorkny5023]

cause they're so smart!

[Linaeth]

Actually, far more intelligent than any monkey (though I assume you mean chimps, which are apes, not monkeys). In fact, research shows them to be just above chimps in intelligence, with chimps reaching the level of roughly a four-year-old human, and kea reaching the level of a five-year-old commonly.