Popular Science: Clever cockatoos carry around toolkits

Popular Science turned to a University of Cincinnati biologist to explain how some birds use multiple tools to solve complex problems.

Elizabeth Hobson, an assistant professor of biology in UC's College of Arts and Sciences, talked about the Goffin's cockatoo, a bird native to Indonesia that uses a variety of tools to pry open hard nuts or to reach food hidden in tree cavities.

UC biology professor Elizabeth Hobson and UC postdoctoral researcher Annemarie Van Der Marel (shown here with 2 other students) have a new study on monk parakeets. They came up with a better way to code animal behaviors while conducting animal behavior studies.

UC Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hobson spoke to Popular Science about the surprising problem-solving abilities of birds. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand

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