Tag: cockatoo

Cockatoo Nestles on Pregnant Owner’s Belly and Waits for the Unborn Baby to ‘Hatch’

When a young couple found out they were expecting a baby, their pet cockatoo began to do something unusual: she nestled on the woman’s growing belly, patiently waiting for it to hatch whilst mistaking the baby in the womb for her own egg. Thirty-year-old Riley and 32-year-old Micah Rushing live in Central Oregon with their…


Sad 53-Year-Old Cockatoo Rescued From a Basement Is Now in Love With Her New Owner’s Baby

For Feather the 53-year-old cockatoo, life has turned around after spending 15 years alone in a gloomy basement. The bright bird now spends her days wrapped in love as part of a young family and one special member, in particular, is her favorite. In the first week of April 2021, Stephanie Vito, who was pregnant…


Wild Cockatoos Overcome All Odds to Bust Into Australians Rubbish Bins

New research and reports from local birdwatchers have documented a unique phenomenon of Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos opening household kerbside bins, despite increasingly sophisticated barriers, forcing both sides to step up their game in the “arms race” between the cockatoos and the people. The scientists monitored 3,283 bins over a few years across four Australian…


Australian Cockatoos Overcome All Odds to Bust Into Bins

New research and reports from local birdwatchers have documented a unique phenomenon of Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos opening household kerbside bins, despite increasingly sophisticated barriers, forcing both sides to step up their game in the “arms race” between the cockatoos and the people. The scientists monitored 3,283 bins over a few years across four Australian…


VIDEO: Cockatoo Jealous of Owner’s Baby Son Finally Falls in Love, Now They Do Everything Together

Marni the cockatoo simply adores his little human owner, Rémi. The pair, who share a brotherly bond, love nothing more than playing together. But, according to Rémi’s mom, Grietje, it wasn’t always this way. “When Rémi was born, Marni was super jealous,” the 36-year-old digital project manager from Belgium told The Epoch Times. Since cockatoos can…