Rooks trained to pick up cigarette butts

Six specially-trained rooks have been picking up cigarette butts at the Puy du Fou theme park in the Vend茅e.

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Published Tuesday 28 August 2018 - 15:57 Modified Tuesday 28 August 2018 - 15:57

Park president Nicolas de Villiers said the idea came from one of their falconers, Chris颅tophe Gaborit, because the birds are intelligent and 鈥済iven a conducive environment, like to communicate with humans and establish a playful relationship鈥�.

Mr Gaborit invented a box which delivers a crunchy snack when the rook places a butt inside. 鈥淭he birds are very fast, they can fill a bucket in less than three-quarters of an hour,鈥� he told France Info.