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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by TylerE on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:50AM (#32821336)
Having to stick your hand into a hidden handle on a public trash can…eww.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by mburee on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:12AM (#32821481)
Seems like a straight pushing job, so you could probably get away with using a stick. But someone who has used one of these may want to chime in.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by Cerium on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:01PM (#32828781)
I have used one of these cans. It is a straight push. You should accomplish it with a strong and properly sized stick.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by askvictor on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:35AM (#32821585)
If it can be opened with a stick, then a bear could probably work out how to open it with a stick
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by desindol on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:45AM (#32821633)
That's not how any of this works lol.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by birdyrooster on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @04:19AM (#32821830)
A crow could do it if it was big enough.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by desindol on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:46AM (#32822626)
If my granny had wheels she would be a bike.
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by xani_ on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @09:20AM (#32823895)
"A bear training crow to help open trash cans spotted in local forest"
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by TylerE on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:31AM (#32821559)
Read the directions. There is an inner latch that must be manipulated
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by michaelt on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:11AM (#32822405)
The directions just say "push inner latch forward" which sounds feasible with a stick - unless it's more complicated than that makes it sound?
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