A disabled kea parrot is the alpha male of his circus

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ggm•about 1 hour ago

Given species intelligence isn't this FDR?

we have nothing to Kea except Kea itself

teruakohatu•about 2 hours ago

Keas are amazing birds. There is a funny video from a CCTV camera that was setup to discover who kept moving road cones, turns out it was a kea:

https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/12dkeex/...

This paper is interesting but I do wonder if a kea with a disability in the wild would be an alpha, when food was not provided by humans.

defrost•about 2 hours ago

Of course a disabled kea in the wild can have a family, just as a three legged dog can have a family pack.

They, like many parrots, are social and live in groups of up to 10-20 birds.

~ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf...

below43•about 2 hours ago

Circus, in this case being the collective noun for the kea (New Zealand alpine parrots).

senorqa•about 2 hours ago

Thanks to this article my WOTD is: allopreening - The mutual preening of two birds. Probably one of the most obscure words I've come across recently.

manarth•about 2 hours ago

You may also like allogrooming, which takes place in a wide variety of species

hulitu•33 minutes ago

It is the same for humans.

Razengan•about 2 hours ago

Just wanna say birds are amazing in general. I really hope they along with cephalopods and fungi get their shot at intelligent civilization after we're gone.

dandanua•about 1 hour ago

Trump is a demented alpha male that currently runs a circus too. This is what really poorly understood.

A disabled kea parrot is the alpha male of his circus

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