On the brink of tool use? Could object combinations during foraging in a feral Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) result in tool innovations?

In captivity, the Goffin’s cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) has shown the capacity for flexible tool use and manufacture to a degree that rivals some habitually tool using birds. Although these skills make it an important avian model species for studying physical cognition, there are no scientific reco...

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Main Authors: Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró, Alice M.I. Auersperg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2018-05-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1144