New Zealand parrot intelligent enough to use touch screen, yet incapable of differentiating between reality and the virtual world
Three researchers at the University of Auckland have found that New Zealand parrots are intelligent enough to operate touch screens, but not enough to understand the difference between virtual and real images. In a paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Amalia Bastos, Patrick Wood and Alex Taylor describe the various experiments they conducted with the endangered birds. New Zealand parrot intelligent New Zealand parrots are well known in New Zealand for their intelligence and curiosity. They are known to steal car windshield wipers or rummage through tourists' luggage and steal their passports. Unfortunately, they are at risk of ingesting lead from humans and other interactions with humans, such as wandering around in traffic. In this new experiment, the researchers wanted to know if the birds could tell the difference between what they see in real life and the images on a computer screen. To find out, they