"See, human, there's the handle, you just turn it . . . no, I won't bite you . . .that's it . . . GOOD human." I'd better drink up. It may be awhile before another human smart enough to be trained comes along.

@bezoticallyyours83

6 жыл бұрын

John Doe hee hee hee

@quiettornado1970

3 жыл бұрын

This why the term "Bird brain" should mean smart not stupid.

@Squashed8Ball

3 жыл бұрын

👌😂😂😂😂

@22burst2020ddsspec

3 жыл бұрын

'something something humans are dumb something something'

@JOHN----DOE

2 жыл бұрын

@thetechgenie1 na Yes, some of the humans are intelligent enough to be trained

The bird probably knew how it works, but didn't have the physical strength to deal with it. But he did get water, which was awfully nice of the guy.

@silentotto5099

4 жыл бұрын

Since the birds can understand they can get water there, someone should modify the valve so the birds can turn the water on themselves.

@JordanPAT

4 жыл бұрын

​@@silentotto5099 That would be so cool, to see birds using their own water fountains! It would be a tourist attraction.

@snoglydox

3 жыл бұрын

@@JordanPAT : Like a foot pedal.

@snoglydox

3 жыл бұрын

@@silentotto5099 : Another meaning to crows law. If you are offended, I am sorry; I understand it is bad history, but it is just a joke.

@sweetsandcharades8383

3 жыл бұрын

@@silentotto5099 in theory a cool idea but I don’t think you can get the birds to turn them off again. Maybe if they were on a timer though...

He trained you. I know because I have a parrot, and I'm well-trained. lol

@candy4428

6 жыл бұрын

Lol...😊

@VivekSingh-og2nf

4 жыл бұрын

I'm being trained by a pair of budgies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@babetteq

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Cockatoo.

@ARandomStan

3 жыл бұрын

but does he say "who is a good boi?"

@attentivenettle7643

3 жыл бұрын

@@VivekSingh-og2nf I'm being trained by a cockatiel

The very first sign of intelligence for me is : "I'm not able to do that, I know how to do it but I can't, let find someone out who I know that he can do what I want to do"

@anniesamuel4787

6 жыл бұрын

so the age old "It's not what you know, it's WHO you know." :D

@ookipuki

3 жыл бұрын

" i got no thumbs halp! " 😢😂😂😂

@ArcaneKeeperD20

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it shows an understanding of other minds.

@kooltyme

3 жыл бұрын

@@anniesamuel4787 cock

He is truly intelligent cause he's getting someone else to do the grunt work!

@childwaters

2 жыл бұрын

That's the definiton of being a parrot. They are geniuses at manipulating humans. Boy, can they milk that cuteness.

@DV-zv4ox

2 жыл бұрын

Parrots are known for training/teach others in their flock skills and tricks (they're teaching each other how to open wheelie bins in Sydney lol)

I for one welcome our new avian overlords

@ZilogBob

4 жыл бұрын

Kent Brockman?

@heffalumptarkin1384

3 жыл бұрын

The vanished 6th Xindi race ascends again.

@tanatos5

3 жыл бұрын

@@heffalumptarkin1384 Ooh Nice one! I just finished watching Enterprise a few weeks ago :)

@heffalumptarkin1384

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanatos5 I love the whole Xindi plot!

@OP-1000

3 жыл бұрын

They will rule the earth once again.

That Cockie has done that before, he knew what to expect when the dial was turned.

@kroakie4

9 жыл бұрын

: D. Yeah, it's likely he actually had experience with a drinking fountain before! They have pretty good memories for such small creatures.

@johnames6430

4 жыл бұрын

Look at 0:28 he's signalling to the human what he wants him to do. What else would be the reason to bite that dial?

@robman2095

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I think maybe the first time it was the human who initiated it and the cockatoo learned from that. Now he just sits on the thing and waits for a human to turn up.

You are so lucky to have such lovely animals in your country

@autumnicleaf

6 жыл бұрын

Benny Hill Hand, some? No, they don't have hands, I think; you can call them clawsome but I am not going near that word with my snoot.

@andgate2000

6 жыл бұрын

Susan N. Cute.......but also...loud...noisy...destructive.

@mechloe8528

6 жыл бұрын

Thank u!! I feel lucky to live in Australia n have them around too...thanx :)

@praveensharma9893

6 жыл бұрын

They got giant spiders too

@devilleus2347

6 жыл бұрын

andgate2000 Lmao especially the babies calling out to their mums! screechin like banshees every season!

WOW, that's a smart bird! From point 0:27, it gestures at the handle as if to say, "Yeah, right there. Make it work?" I'd be afraid of getting bitten, though.

@charleslindeman2169

6 жыл бұрын

Well, yeah getting bitten is always a risk from wild cockatoos as they love to chew on things. But they are really smart, I once had one fly into my house through the kitchen window and knock on my bedroom door asking for a feed. Also it's not illegal to feed them(although discouraged), you just have to keep in mind that they're wild animals and will occasionally snap at you so never let your guard down around them.

@candy4428

6 жыл бұрын

Yes they are wild animals so do be careful but the bird wanted a drink so the guy went slow which was very good and no one got hurt .😊

@Rainygirl3100

6 жыл бұрын

The guy turning the handle also seemed afraid of getting bit, you could see him hesitate and move veeeery slowly towards the handle lol. As someone who's been bit by a macaw, I can understand why!

@ZilogBob

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen one easily snap a finger-sized tree branch with its beak so you have to be careful.

@Hell_o847

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZilogBob yeah these birds ain't kidding around

The bird clearly knows that, turning the tap = water. Why else would he perch there and gesture towards the tap. When the human turns the tap, the Cockatoo knows where the water will come out. That is why it is a smart bird. It has observed, and seen how water can be procured from this device, yet, as a wild animal, it can still coax humans into turning the tap!

@bezoticallyyours83

6 жыл бұрын

verticalsmurf The Hooman Whisperer

My cockatoo drinks a lot of water. This lil guy was definately using body language to tell you he was thirsty! Tyvm kind man!

Can someone please invent a drinking fountain that cockatoos can operate, thanks.

This is so cute!!! The way he moves his head to show he knows how it works but he's too weak to do it himself! It's so cute!!!

That's very nice of you to turn the tap for him. Just had to say.

Lovely! Makes me super happy to watch that. They are such gorgeous and clever birds. Thanks for giving her/him a drink.

@Kate0603

10 жыл бұрын

Simon V I know! Those beaks are strong and sharp, and can do quite a bit of damage (a mate of mine got an unwanted nose piercing by his pet cockatoo). They are very intelligent and affectionate, though, and in the video you can see that there is no aggression. Of course, it's still wise to be cautious.

@annhughes1503

5 жыл бұрын

This bird is so smart Turing on the water he is cute

how cute the bird wating for somebody to help it turn the faucet and it definitely seems that the bird knows how it works so beak moves towards the place where water comes out and toe moves towards the faucet

Omg so cute. That's sweet of you guys to help him or her out.

@mjlv3862

8 жыл бұрын

Why does it have to ONLY be either him or her? What if that bird chooses a third option? What if it identifies as a mouse? Fucking oppressive privileged shitlord.

@jamesmcivor340

7 жыл бұрын

third option?.... :-?

@YouTubeDeletesComments

7 жыл бұрын

LOL Libtard, better be Sarcasm

@praveensharma9893

6 жыл бұрын

VancouverCanucksRock obviously he was joking m8

@Celrador

6 жыл бұрын

+VancouverCanucksRock Trying to insult people as "Libtards" while being too idiotic to spot obvious sarcasm doesn't make you "non-Libtards" appear any better.

Very intelligent birds.

@noorazmi2329

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sad human does indeed ignorant about how life formed in the first place. If they don't have such IQ, they won't survive life.

@user-bk8rt5zr9s

2 жыл бұрын

@@noorazmi2329 stupid comment

One cockatoo that used to go in my mum's yard knew my mother fed the birds so he would screech to be fed. If you were slow doing it, he would look inside the back windows of the house to see if you were watching and then move over to the rose bushes. If you didn't get moving a flower every minute or so would be snipped off by his beak. He would then look inside the house after every beheading to make sure you saw what the consequences were. Prick of a bird, but very intelligent.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

Mine tried this sort of stuff on me, but I taught them no & they're all really well behaved now. One young ones still chews my lattice a bit, but boss bird nips him everytime he does, cause he knows I don't tolerate that & finds it better for everyone if he takes care of it instead of making me do it. I've given that one a toy to play with - a bought bird toy with lots of timber pieces & a bell on the bottom & I'm fine for him to play with & chew that, but boss bird doesn't even let him chew that one! My window watching one was throwing everything I had in a basket over my hose, so I ended up just having to empty that basket & fill it with throwables instead & just let him do it, but no food until he stopped & went & sat quietly at a different location, so he learnt pretty fast to do that. Much of that was actually accidental, his window tapping coincided a few times with when I was on the phone with business calls, so couldn't stop them to feed him, just had to try not to laugh at him during the call, but through that he learnt the tapping on the window & throwing stuff didn't work. He did also try chewing my flyscreen, but I banged the window hard immediately when he did that & he got the message. One of my neighbours has no flyscreen left due to the cockies, so I wasn't going to put up with that. One of mine nowadays actually brings his own chewing gum to chew while he's waiting for me to come & feed lol

"stop patronising me and just gib water"

He just waits there until a human comes with the strength to turn the wheel for him. Pretty Smart.

What a beautiful creature, WOW!!!!

That was ever sooo sweet. Thank you for respecting his wishes and being so very kind. I wish whole world will see this and learn from you and your friends. GREAT JOB!!!! Thumbs UP!!!!

As I have long studied and worked training animals with the science of behavior using positive reinforcement ..and with the University studies we have seen again and again the great intelligence of so many species and parrots are one extremely intelligent species..much more so than even our beloved dogs ( shhh please don't tell my pup sleeping under my legs I just said that!).

I have a sulfur crested cockatoo named Sydney. He is very smart. It is neat to see the wild cockatoos demonstrating their intelligence with humans. Nice video.

That birds body language said "its ok just turn the handle I wont take your finger off"

This is wonderful. Smart bird coaxes nice humans to turn on the water...Love it!

why is people voting thumbs down? this is amazing that this bird shows how smart he is asking for water

I can't believe 49 people have given this a thumbs down. What miserable lives they must lead.

@midnightnotracer

6 жыл бұрын

yeah *LETS GRAB THE SHOTGUN*

@christinechisholm7966

6 жыл бұрын

yes just idiots looking for reaction

@1878reddevil

6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same....

@youmaybehighstrungbutimlok1601

6 жыл бұрын

Now there's 66

@farvision

6 жыл бұрын

it may simply be the error rate, they hit the wrong button.

Cockatoos are so cool!

What a chubby little bird!! Good job on training that human!!

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos are mischievous little buggers, but super clever. The local ones are well known for tearing street lights apart and hanging upside down and swinging from the reamains.

Vraiment trop mignon et en Français, en plus ! Ces oiseaux sont vraiment très intelligents. Toujours une belle expérience d'en rencontrer un (ou plusieurs !).

@BirdBath1

Жыл бұрын

OLIVIA, look at bird bath

Amazing on how smart parrots can be... I have my own parrot and I'm trying to study on how smart it can be with its features and this helped thanks

"Say thank you!" "Nigga, it was just water."

0:35 The bird looks like he‘s saying: „Come oooooon! You can do it! Yeah! I believe in you!“ 😂

This made me thirsty.

Someday I would visit Australia just to play with these cute birds.

@anjachan

3 жыл бұрын

yeah!

Great now the human is well trained by the parrot

Charlie does this at our sink! Hahaha. We had to change the faucet because he could turn on the old one all by himself. Funny how he never bothered to turn it back off. ;) Cockatoos truly are some of the most intelligent, intuitive creatures out there, period.

It was very kind and generous of that man to help the cockatoo get a drink of water.

God, that bird is so smart. It even starts vocalizing and then gesturing when standing there doesn't work.

it looks so goofy and adorable but it's so intelligent!!

He is so gorgeous. Where I live there are so many cockatoos around. I love them.

smart equals cute

Who will win? A water fountain One smart thirsty boi

Cute and smart 🥰🌸👌

Lol, 12 years later and still getting recommended! Clever YT, clever cocky 😄

Incredibly touching.🕊 GOD bless you, whoever you are.☘

The bird's probably thinking, "these humans are so smart! Can't believe I taught them how to turn on the fountain!"

00:34 the guy slowly nears his hand to the tap, trusting the bird not to become aggressive, and the bird is keeping calm trusting that the human will not hurt em. I dunno, but this amazing. Also, this video reinforces the fact that cockatoos understand the concept of causality.

@anneswanson2881

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, they do. They are in the same family, as Parrots. . . .'cause they are a species of Parrot. But then so are Ravens/Crows/Magpies & a bunch of other ones. Very intelligent species of Bird.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

@@anneswanson2881 um ravens, crows, magpies are smart, but they're not parrots! All parrots have beaks like the cockatoo in this video

@kroakie4

Жыл бұрын

Anne Swanson, ravens, crows, magpies, and jackdaws are not in the same family as parrots - they’re in the Corvidae family. This family of birds is known for the intelligence of its’ members. Furthermore, different species of parrots belong to different families, and subfamilies. Cockatoos to the Cacatuidae family; macaws to the Psittacidae family; conures to the Psittacidae subfamily Arinae; lovebirds to the Psittaculidae family; budgerigars to the Psittaculidae subfamily Loriinae…those are a few of the major parrot families and subfamilies.

Wow, that's pretty amazing. The bird actually tapped the fountain knob prompting the guy to run the water for him.

@BirdBath1

Жыл бұрын

Jazzman3121, look at bird bath

Love how slowly that guy moves toward the handle knowing full well that he could lose a finger if he gets this wrong.

Cockatoo's, even wild one's rarely attack humans. The bird was looking down at the handle like "Yes, hooman, you turn that."

@anjachan

3 жыл бұрын

friendly birbs!

“You are well trained to serve me! Human, do it as you always. ” "What? You have forgot how it works? Here, is my little technic, see?"

Beautiful! You are great with him xxx

Smart bird...and kind young men 🤗💕

I love this video - have seen it many times - just beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down? Definitely a cute little video. Most people don't realize that parrots have the cognitive ability of a 3 to5 year old child. Scientifically that places them at 30 to 40 times smarter than a dog or a cat.

@krellman7

4 жыл бұрын

@DOUG HEINS ha ha.......I know what you mean!

Beautiful cockatoos! They are so curious! :)

This is awesome. You're just lucky he wasn't hungry.

I would be hanging out with them everyday!

Cocky: Some of these humans are a bit slow, but they learn eventually.

Aww so friendly

Wow! Amazingly smart bird!

I can hear Aussie man reviews narrating this “yeah turn it in turn it on”

Excelente....Beautiful..

Cause and effect. Better than a lot of people.

So cute!

a water fountain VS one thirsty boi

Thanks guys. You are so kind. These birds are very harmless.

"I am quite parched. Human! Make yourself useful!"

They look like they have very soft bellies.

In Sweden, no wild bird is tame like this. They might accept humans 5 meters away if we are moving. Just a glance at them might cause them to fly away a bit. Some exceptions though. Tweets and similair birds might take food from the hand when they are breeding.

So cool, they are not dumb for sure.. soon they will take over entire Australia..

The bird knew that the handle had to turn for the water. It touched it to indicate his need to the human.

He is a bright lad. At 0:40 he anticipates the water before it's turned on.

I feel the presence of the Divine in this video, it's so peaceful and graceful, a pure and authentic moment. Thank you for sharing this 👍

Clever bird

Very smart human.

Cockatoo was like yes i trust you hooman, just turn on the god damn water already, cockatoo gotta quench its thirst!

What an amazing bird :)

Soo smart and adorable 😍

that was really beautiful.

First sign of intelligence found in humans

Diffrent Birds are Very Clever / or Much Smatter ( not english writer ) than most People Think haha this One is Fantastic !!!!!!!!

Wonderful! The final scene of the movie "The Sum of Us" with Russell Crowe takes place in that very same garden in Sydney. Great movie. Gorgeous place.

Meanwhile cockatoo sizing up the fingers to take a nasty bite😅🤣

He's so cute!

someone needs to install a knob so that the birds can push it easily to get their water...

@little.bear344

3 жыл бұрын

"Our God is a lion and an ever consuming fire"

Love this video.

So sweet.

What a cute Luft Welpe!!

nice and cute bird ,awsome guy

they're everywhere lol so cute

That Cockatoo knew full well the human was going to help him. The trick was to persuade him that he wouldn't get bitten. There's a saying "don't bite the hand that feeds you" and these Cockatoos know it well! :D

Bird: I know what the knob is for, but sadly, I do not have thumbs. :( I need a human for this special puzzle.... or at least a monkey.

how do birds know that we understand him is fascinating, the turning on water part I understand, he might have observed alot of people doing that, so he knows who to ask.

"Slave boy, make the water come!"

Awesome I love this. Awesome guy