GoKawiilGoffin's Cockatoos Show Awareness of Own Body as Obstacle in Study
Researchers tested Goffin's cockatoos using a body-as-obstacle task, finding the birds stepped off a mat far more often when their own body was blocking access to a reward than in two control conditions. The effect appeared from the first session and held steady across repeated trials, and near-perfect performance in a pre-test ruled out discomfort or random movement as explanations.