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A 2025 study demonstrated that blue-throated macaws can learn new actions by observing other macaws interact, a skill known as third-party imitation that was previously thought unique to humans. Researchers found that the macaws who passively watched other birds perform actions, such as lifting a leg or fluffing their feathers, were able to learn and perform these actions more accurately and quickly than a control group that did not observe the interactions. This type of social learning helps ma