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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

31 August 2021

In Indonesia, Goffin’s cockatoos have been seen whittling tools such as wedges and scoops that help them break into the pits of sea mangoes

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