Keas Perform Similarly to Chimpanzees and Elephants when Solving Collaborative Tasks

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dc.contributor.authorHeaney, Megan
dc.contributor.authorGray, Russell
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Alex H
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-15T10:40:39Z
dc.date.available2019-04-15T10:40:39Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2019-03-12T07:28:13Z
dc.description.abstractCooperation between individuals is one of the defining features of our species. While other animals, such as chimpanzees, elephants, coral trout and rooks also exhibit cooperative behaviours, it is not clear if they think about cooperation in the same way as humans do. In this study we presented the kea, a parrot endemic to New Zealand, with a series of tasks designed to assess cooperative cognition. We found that keas were capable of working together, even when they had to wait for their partner for up to 65 seconds. The keas also waited for a partner only when a partner was actually needed to gain food. This is the first demonstration that any non-human animal can wait for over a minute for a cooperative partner, and the first conclusive evidence that any bird species can successful track when a cooperative partner is required, and when not. The keas did not attend to whether their partner could actually access the apparatus themselves, which may have been due to issues with task demands, but one kea did show a clear preference for working together with other individuals, rather than alone. This preference has been shown to be present in humans but absent in chimpanzees. Together these results provide the first evidence that a bird species can perform at a similar level to chimpanzees and elephants across a range of collaborative tasks. This raises the possibility that aspects of the cooperative cognition seen in the primate lineage have evolved convergently in birds.en_AU
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dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/159657
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenanceJournal: PLoS ONE [1] (ESSN: 1932-6203) RoMEO: This is a RoMEO green journal Listed in: DOAJ as an open access journal Author's Pre-print: green tick author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) Author's Post-print: green tick author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) Publisher's Version/PDF: green tick author can archive publisher's version/PDFen_AU
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_AU
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution License 4.0
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dc.sourcePLOS ONE (Public Library of Science)en_AU
dc.titleKeas Perform Similarly to Chimpanzees and Elephants when Solving Collaborative Tasksen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage13en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHeaney, Megan, University of Aucklanden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGray, Russell, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationTaylor, Alex H, University of Aucklanden_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4895948@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidGray, Russell, u4895948en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor220319 - Social Philosophyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studiesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4485658xPUB1153en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume12en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0169799en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85013015776
local.identifier.thomsonID000394424400010
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4485658en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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