Ah, the future is here! #Cockatoos with PhDs in #Hydraulics 🦜💧 have outsmarted the geniuses who can't seem to enable #JavaScript. But hey, who needs thumbs when you have a beak and bird-brained humans can't pass CAPTCHA? 🙄
https://www.science.org/content/article/cockatoos-have-learned-operate-drinking-fountains-australia #CAPTCHA #BirdBrains #HackerNews #ngated

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse:
The Skeptics Guide #1024 - Feb 22 2025

News Items: #BirdBrains, Indoor #AirQuality, #Abortions and Infant #Mortality, #BlackHoles Without #Singularities, Banning #Chemtrails; Who's That #Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: #Asteroid Hitting the #Moon; #Swindler's List: Tax Scams; #Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2025-02-22.mp3

Ryan Gosling is okay, but he still struggles against his arch nemesis David Signet.

#BirdBrains

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/some-bird-brains-can-remember-things-the-same-way-we-do/ #birdbrains #ravens #crows #corvids

Yeah right #birdbrains

#Cdnpoli #Nspoli #BirdBrains

Avian influenza detected in Nova Scotia once again.

The anti-vaxxer Birdbrain Convoy flock wouldn't wear a mask . Their choice .

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/avian-influenza-bird-flu-port-maitland-cfia-canadian-food-inspection-agency-1.6770608

Research gives new meaning to the term 'bird brain'
#BirdBrains

The macaw has a brain the size of an unshelled walnut, while the macaque monkey has a brain about the size of a lemon. Nevertheless, the macaw has more neurons in its forebrain - the portion of the brain associated with intelligent behavior - than the macaque.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-06-term-bird-brain.html

@rudolf thanks for the pages of tips, useful for recovering #birdbrains to unlearn our previous habits