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15 remarkable animals that use tools

15 remarkable animals that use tools

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kkittehkewl
kkittehkewl 05/02/2010 02:46 AM

It's very interesting but it's hardly proper "Tool use" is it? Show me an animal using a Capstan Lathe, or even a chainsaw, ands I'll be impressed. But not bits of twig, or rocks. They aren't tools, they're bit's of crap from the floor.

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There are endless instances of tool use among primates. To name just a few examples: chimpanzees fashion twigs for termite fishing, use stone and wooden tools to crack open nuts, and sharpen spears out of sticks to hunt; gorillas use walking poles to measure water depth; orangutans can pick a lock with a paperclip; and capuchins make stone knives by banging flint against the floor until the pieces are sharp.
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