In Oz
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Cockatoos open Rubbish Bins and teach their friends
Here, we report a potential case in wild, urban-living, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita; henceforth cockatoos), where the socially-learnt behaviour of opening and raiding of household bins by cockatoos8 is met with increasingly effective and socially-learnt bin-protection measures by human residents.
Cockatoos in Sydney have begun to open suburban rubbish bins, with knowledge spreading to form local traditions8. In accessing food, cockatoos spread garbage onto the street, putting them in conflict with people. Protecting bins from cockatoos is challenging as the lid needs to still open when the bin is tipped over into the garbage truck, yet local human residents have innovated various solutions to protect their bins from attack
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AN elderly man who kept a wild kangaroo as a pet has died after the beast savaged him at his Western Australia home.
The 77-year-old man was discovered by a family member after being attacked by the murderous marsupial.
Emergency services rushed to the pensioners home in Albany, Australia, but the furious kangaroo prevented paramedics from entering the property.
Unable to make it into the home, paramedics were forced to call police to the residence.
The kangaroo was shot dead at the scene by police as authorities believed the angry marsupial was posing a threat to the emergency responders.
Police believe the man was keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet before the beast killed him in the grisly attack.
Numerous clashes with the marsupials have been documented over the years, with the beasts possessing frightening fighting abilities.
Kangaroos can spring over 6ft in the air and travel at 35 mph, and have a one-punch knockout that has been captured on camera in incredible footage.
Mitchell Robinson was decked by a feisty kangaroo in his own front yard in New South Wales, Australia back in 2020 - with experts believing he got off lucky.
Featherdale Wildlife Park zookeeper Chad Staples said: "They have huge claws on their front hands that they will use to hold on with and then their back legs are all power for kicking, so they are covered with weapons."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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One if the hardest things to describe about Oz is the grey area between "inside" and "outside." There are examples of this everywhere, but at my university, the entire top quarter of the exterior wall of the main student building didn't exist. It was deliberately left exposed. So, birds flew in and out all the time. You could easily sit down at a computer and beside you there'd be a cockie or
ibisbin chicken sitting on the adjacent stool. There were signs warning about bringing food or putting food waste in the bins in the computer lab because of the birds. Because they'd absolutely steal that shit from you.Cockies are wicked smart birds.
Please love yourself.
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AN elderly man who kept a wild kangaroo as a pet has died after the beast savaged him at his Western Australia home.
The 77-year-old man was discovered by a family member after being attacked by the murderous marsupial.
Emergency services rushed to the pensioners home in Albany, Australia, but the furious kangaroo prevented paramedics from entering the property.
Unable to make it into the home, paramedics were forced to call police to the residence.
The kangaroo was shot dead at the scene by police as authorities believed the angry marsupial was posing a threat to the emergency responders.
Police believe the man was keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet before the beast killed him in the grisly attack.
Numerous clashes with the marsupials have been documented over the years, with the beasts possessing frightening fighting abilities.
Kangaroos can spring over 6ft in the air and travel at 35 mph, and have a one-punch knockout that has been captured on camera in incredible footage.
Mitchell Robinson was decked by a feisty kangaroo in his own front yard in New South Wales, Australia back in 2020 - with experts believing he got off lucky.
Featherdale Wildlife Park zookeeper Chad Staples said: "They have huge claws on their front hands that they will use to hold on with and then their back legs are all power for kicking, so they are covered with weapons."
AN elderly man who kept a wild kangaroo as a pet has died after the beast savaged him at his Western Australia home.
The 77-year-old man was discovered by a family member after being attacked by the murderous marsupial.
Emergency services rushed to the pensioners home in Albany, Australia, but the furious kangaroo prevented paramedics from entering the property.
Unable to make it into the home, paramedics were forced to call police to the residence.
The kangaroo was shot dead at the scene by police as authorities believed the angry marsupial was posing a threat to the emergency responders.
Police believe the man was keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet before the beast killed him in the grisly attack.
Numerous clashes with the marsupials have been documented over the years, with the beasts possessing frightening fighting abilities.
Kangaroos can spring over 6ft in the air and travel at 35 mph, and have a one-punch knockout that has been captured on camera in incredible footage.
Mitchell Robinson was decked by a feisty kangaroo in his own front yard in New South Wales, Australia back in 2020 - with experts believing he got off lucky.
Featherdale Wildlife Park zookeeper Chad Staples said: "They have huge claws on their front hands that they will use to hold on with and then their back legs are all power for kicking, so they are covered with weapons."
Also, y'know that cartoon thing where they lean back on their tail to clobber you with both legs at once? They absolutely know how to do that shit.
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One if the hardest things to describe about Oz is the grey area between "inside" and "outside." There are examples of this everywhere, but at my university, the entire top quarter of the exterior wall of the main student building didn't exist. It was deliberately left exposed. So, birds flew in and out all the time. You could easily sit down at a computer and beside you there'd be a cockie or
ibisbin chicken sitting on the adjacent stool. There were signs warning about bringing food or putting food waste in the bins in the computer lab because of the birds. Because they'd absolutely steal that shit from you.Cockies are wicked smart birds.
