Here’s a fun news story about a puzzle solving parrot named “Ten.” The story has a video with it that is a bit more informative than the news blurb. The parrot faces off against zoo visitors in what is called a “chain puzzle” which the video reveals to be a simple tavern puzzle that many readers will recognize. In fact many of you will think, as I did, that you could certainly beat the parrot.
The reason why the parrot beats all of the visitors is that the parrot has already solved the puzzle. It simply has to do what it knows how to do to take the two pieces apart. The people facing off against it are actually trying to solve the puzzle. Still, it’s pretty amazing to watch the parrot complete the puzzle and I was particularly amused by the little boy who tried to watch what the parrot was doing and imitate it. There’s something delightfully ironic about that.
Tags: parrot,puzzles,tavern
