🪶 Birds masturbate.
🦜 This is normal, and not (as often is believed) a maladaptive behaviour only found in captivity.
🍑 Pet bird owners - chill, and let your budgie have some fun.
🧪 Study of masturbation in 120 bird species, by @matildabrindle.bsky.social:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
