Giving the bird! Hilarious moment a clever cockatoo removes spikes from a building so he can walk along a wall
- The cheeky bird is seen throwing spikes onto the main street of Katoomba, NSW
- The viral video shows a sea of bird spikes scattered along the pavement
- An amused viewer says: ‘That’s why it’s called “giving the bird”
A viral video has given whole new meaning to the phrase ‘giving the bird’, as a cheeky cockatoo is caught throwing anti-bird spikes onto the ground.
Isaac Sherring-Tito was walking down the main street of Katoomba, NSW, when he saw pieces of plastic falling from above.
When he looked up, he found a cockatoo picking up small pieces of the spiking, then dropping it onto the pavement below.
Smarter than you think? This cockatoo did not let these bird spikes get in his way
The clever cockatoo is seen making his way along the ledge, picking up and dropping each section so he can proceed along the window ledge.
The video shows a sea of failed bird spikes scattered along the pavement.
One viewer wrote: ‘That’s why it’s called ”giving the bird” lol,’ while another said ‘Birds are so smart and I love them.’
Given the bird: dozens of bird spikes scattered along the payment as the cockatoo removed them from a window ledge in Katoomba, NSW