Sulphur-crested cockatoos have previously mastered garbage bins. Now, it’s water fountains. In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break ...

Cockatoos in Sydney, Australia, have learned to use public water fountains by twisting a handle, despite how difficult they are for birds to operate.

The behaviour has spread among a mob of more than 100 sulphur-crested cockatoos that roost in the Western Sydney Parklands.