Why Parrots Live So Long — and What 60 Years Does to a Brain
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🔬 Sources for this video:<br>① Smeele et al. (2022) — Proceedings of the Royal Society B "Coevolution of relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots" 217 species. 130,000+ individual birds. First study to link brain size directly to lifespan in parrots. → <a href="http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2397">doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2397</a><br>② Cookie the Cockatoo — Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Born: 1933. Died August 27, 2016. Age: 83 years. Guinness World Record holder for oldest parrot in captivity.<br>③ Mello, C.V. et al. — Oregon Health and Science University Blue-fronted Amazon genome study — longevity genes identified in parrot DNA (DNA repair, stress resistance, anti-cancerous cell growth limitation)<br>How old is your parrot? And has something changed in them as they got older — something that felt like it came with time, not training?<br>↓ Tell me below ↓
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