Researchers aiming to answer why parrots should use technology for cognitive enrichment set out to answer just how tablets could be improved for optimal use by the birds.
By designing a balloon-popping tablet game and collecting data from 20 pet parrots, the researchers found that birds’ interest in the game indicated mental stimulation could be a potential benefit. However, the critters’ anatomy was an obstacle to interacting with the screens. Each parrot popped virtual balloons by using its tongue and beak, with eyes often very close to the screen. As a result, the bird would have to turn its head or pull back to find the next target.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/11/world/parrots-tablet-enrichment-study-scn/index.html
Henri and Blitzen
How birdie toys get delivered.......♥
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Henri & Kitty Violet makes a cameo at the end. (.44 sec)
Henri can open anything of course, but he can also put the tops back on, no matter the size of the container ♥
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Joel Sartore, an American photographer and founder of the National Geographic Photo Ark, a personal effort to document every species in captivity around the world.
"The Photo Ark is my desperate, last-ditch attempt to try to get the public to pay attention about extinction," Sartore said.
*****A mated pair of citron-crested cockatoos are caught flirting at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. Credit: Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark
Someone tries to help with Saturday Sock Buddy biz......helping...not helping.....44 yo Henri ♥ (Brilliant, devious, master engineer and screamer).....♥
