Hunters, farmers and hikers have encountered kea which have figured out how to remove rubbish bin lids and to open sliding doors. They are able to solve logic puzzles and enjoy a good challenge. David tries to play chess with a Kea and discovers how its cheeky character is the key to its survival.Īlthough kea are not known to “talk” like some other parrots, they’re considered to be as smart as a four-year-old child and have intelligence similar to primates. Kea (Nestor notabilis) are parrots and are infamous on our South Island tramping tracksfor their insatiable (and deconstructive) inquisitiveness.ĭavid Attenborough narrates this documentary about the Kea, Playful and destructive, it attacks cars, starts landslides and terrorizes New Zealand ski resorts, but behind the bad behaviour there's a sharp mind at work. The cheeky Kea, so-called by the call of 'ke-aa' ringing through the air is deeply evocative of New Zealand's Southern Alps. The New Zealand Kea, the world's only alpine parrot is known as the 'Clown of the Alps' to South Islanders and has recently been heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a monkey’s) says the Institute of Cognitive Biology in Vienna.
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