Australian Magpies outsmart scientists.

[Catherine]

Australian scientists put tracking devices on a set of five magpies so they could track them The birds turned out to be smarted than they expected and more socially cooperative. A sixth magpie, not part of the group, got busy and removed the trackers.


https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-...-1.6368911

Maybe some animals don't want to be studied. They are going to need tracking devices that are less obvious. Or else they are going to need tracking devices that the birds want to wear. The whole situation is pretty funny. They did learn some interesting things about magpies.

I am not sure how well tracking devices would work on reptiles. They can shed their skin, so I bet they could shed a tracking device. I will be interested to hear how it all works out.