510K views · 8.7K reactions | Listen: To attract mates, male cockatoos turn to a surprising tactic—and a behavior shared only with humans. | National Geographic | Facebook

86K views · 488 reactions | According to a new study, Australia’s male palm cockatoos make homemade drumsticks and then hammer out a rhythm in order to attract the attention of females. This would make them one of only two species that do this: the other species is humans. Check out some of these cockatoos' fat beats right here. | Center for Biological Diversity | Facebook

The cockatoo family includes a number of the more commonly seen bird species in Australia, Galahs, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Corellas, Black Cockatoos, and also Major Mitchell's. It's not uncommon in many parts of Australia to see large flocks of Corella's, Galah's, and Sulphur Crested Cockatoo's foraging and feeding on grass seed together. Little Echo was hand raised into an only bird household. He was not exposed to other birds for the first 3 or 4 years of his life, so he wasn't able to deve