- Researchers taught parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. With no incentive for sharing, African grey parrots with tokens gave some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/s0960-9822(19)31469-1 55 comments science
- African gray parrots show altruism, the first nonmammals to display this behavior. Birds were taught to exchange tokens for a nut. African grays, and not blue macaws, would give the nut to another parrot, even if not family; when roles were reversed, new donors gave tokens to their former helpers. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/s0960-9822(19)31469-1 9 comments science
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- Parrots Will Share Currency to Help Their Pals Purchase Food | Science| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/parrots-share-currency-help-their-pals-purchase-food-180973917/ 115 comments
- African grey parrots spontaneously 'lend a wi | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/cp-agp010220.php 48 comments
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