7 Animal Facts That Will Change the Way You View the Animal Kingdom

Parrots will selflessly help each other out

Parrots may be associated with pirates, but it turns out African grey parrots are nothing like the infamously greedy, treasure-seeking criminals. Instead, researchers have discovered that the colorful birds will “voluntarily help each other obtain food rewards” and perform “selfless” acts, according to a 2020 study published in Current Biology. Study co-author Auguste von Bayern noted, “African grey parrots were intrinsically motivated to help others, even if the other individual was not their friend, so they behaved very ‘prosocially.'”

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