Brainy Birds! Pigeons Use Teamwork to Get Drink from Fountain

08/17/2009 at 04:00 PM EDT

Brainy Birds! Pigeons Use Teamwork to Get Drink from Fountain
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How many pigeons does it take to use a drinking fountain? In Brisbane, Australia, apparently the answer is three! Earlier this month, a trio of industrious birds Down Under figured out how to operate a water fountain by observing humans and then making their move when the coast was clear. The feathered friends reportedly spent 10 minutes bathing and sipping from the fountain, taking turns pushing the lever for each other until all were quenched. Who are you calling a birdbrain now?

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