They are habitually very clean birds. Cockatoos often are known as jewelry theives. They sure enjoy removing hairbands, decorations, rings, necklaces, earrings and other items from people while visiting on them. Use caution if you hold one and put your jewelry away first. Cockatoos are often killed by farmers who raise corn and other grains because they hit the fields in large flocks, often devastating them severely.
Cockatoos are on the endangered species list in some cases.
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