Birds team up to grab a bite to eat

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13544

A new study shows that rooks can cooperate with each other but they don't seem to understand the benefits.

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[geewyllikers]

I leave for work early in the morning. We have three large apple trees behind our house. One morning without warning I opened the service door on our garage to leave and saw something so amazing I stood still in my tracks just to watch.There were maybe a dozen birds flying back and forth carrying apples away from the ground under the middle apple tree. And, on top of the apple tree was a single bird picking apples and dropping them to the gound as fast as he could.

[deiutz]

from this video I get the feeling that the birds had no ideea they were cooperating. the fact that both hands retracted at the same time obviously made the birds act at the same time. had there been a wall between them, i suspect they would have acted the same way

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@arky3000 agreed

[arky3000]

it pulled the string because it was put in front of it, this test was stupid and flawed!

[Charlymaumushi]

Rookstor Use double team!

It's Super effective!

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[hamsterpoop]

@asseeninYOURDREAMS

my butt

[asseeninYOURDREAMS]

.. i could live without knowing this...

[batameez913]

or you should try to put one string later than the first, but i agree completely with you guys, they just happened to tug simulatneously

[silverbakuk]

I like the research direction however on the basis of the methodology and results of your work I am personally not convinced that these rooks were co-operating. I look forward to seeing future research.

[canomarquina]

i agree, this experience should be repeated with the strings placed before the birds even saw them and then just leave them anywhere near to see what happens.