26 points | by zdw 2 days ago
6 comments
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.
You may also like allogrooming, which takes place in a wide variety of species
Circus, in this case being the collective noun for the kea (New Zealand alpine parrots).
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.
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...
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.
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.
You may also like allogrooming, which takes place in a wide variety of species
Circus, in this case being the collective noun for the kea (New Zealand alpine parrots).
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.
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...
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.