abc.net.au/news/drumming-palm-cockatoos-master-sculptor-anu-researchers/102845648A rare and spectacular cockatoo known as the Ringo Starr of the bird world also has its own sense of creative style, new research has found.The palm cockatoo is extremely rare and is the only bird in the world that uses a tool musicallyResearch finds the birds methodically design and decorate drumsticks
"We already knew that they have highly personalised rhythms when they drum, allowing other birds to recognise who is drumming from a long way away," lead author Professor Robert Heinsohn said."Now we know there is also highly individualised expression in the crafting of the tool. Watching them whittling their tools down to the shape they want is like watching a master wood sculptor at work.
"The females watch every move, while the males demonstrate their immense bill strength while they snip through up to 3 centimetres of hardwood," he said.
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