1 Jun 2016

You can't teach an old Kaka new tricks

From Checkpoint, 5:56 pm on 1 June 2016

Research into the wild parrots by a Victoria University PHD student Julia Loepelt has found that when Kaka are faced with a problem juvenile birds will experiment until they solve the puzzle while old Kaka can't find a way around the problems.

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