High fliers: pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol
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Masthead Image Norfolk Island green parrots are self-medicating with pepper tree bark and leaves, to rid themselves of parasites.
Masthead Image Norfolk Island green parrots are self-medicating with pepper tree bark and leaves, to rid themselves of parasites.
Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons. Some consume fermented fruits with gusto and suffer…
Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons. Some consume fermented fruits with gusto and suffer…
By Penny Olsen for The Conversation Canberra: Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons.