AE 988 - How Cockatoos Are Mastering Dumpster Diving with Dr. John Martin

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Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English podcast!One of the reasons I love doing podcasts is because I get to interview and chin-wag with people.I am so proud to introduce you mob to Dr. John Martin of the Taronga Institute for Science and Learning!Dr. Martin of Taronga Zoo recently got his research paper published in Science, the prestigious science magazine.Together with his team, the paper titled "Innovation and geographic spread of a complex foraging culture in an urban parrot" talked about these cockatoos who have mastered dumpster diving. Kind of like the bin chicken, isn't it?Join me in this interview as we talk about how these clever cockatoos learned to open the Australian bin!