Someone or something keeps moving traffic cones in the construction area along a popular tourist route on of New Zealand South Island. The cones were placed on the road at the entrance to Milford Sound in 2016 while Te Anau, or the Homer Tunnel, was under maintenance, but tthe man who kept the secret movebased on Earth Touch News. The culprit, it turned out, was some curious Keas, the only alpine parrot in the world, like guardian report.
In case you lost it:
Video from 2016, but still very interesting to watch today. New Zealand Transport Authority traffic officers install traffic cameras at site work on both ends of the one-way tunnel to see why the cones continued to move inexplicably, and discovered that children parrot Kea is the culprit. Just watch as the chaos of parrot shuffle the cones around:
i guess one chaotic really the best way to describe a bunch of sly parrots, although Keas in the video seems more mischievous than malicious. However, that may depend on who you ask, as the parrots seem to be completely not cold around large moving objects such as cars.
Clever birds pushed the cones around building site, even reroute traffic in some cases. Organ speak Kea parrots most likely move the cones in an attempt to attract human attention and hopefully human food. Crafty buggers.
parrot’s plan is very good think-outside, NZ workers even claim Keas will listen for cars going through the tunnel before moving the cones, mix they are in between traffic flows.
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But despite the birds’ genius plan, agency workers began using heavier traffic cones, which the parrots couldn’t move. Back in 2016, Kea parrots were already on the endangered species list, so the agency had to stop the Keas from putting themselves at risk.
As of 2023, it’s estimated there are fewer than 7,000 Kea parrots left in the wild. At least it seems like no Keas (or traffic cones) were harmed in the making of the old video.
