print print email email comment comment close window close

Caution: Ingenious Animals at Work
URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p18s02-hfks.html

Description:
This 2005 article discusses how "we used to think that humans were the only tool-users. But now chimps, crows -- even dolphins -- have been spotted using them." Describes chimpanzees "clean[ing] themselves with wads of leaves, or us[ing] them like a sponge to soak up water for drinking," green herons using bait while fishing, dolphins carrying sponges to protect their beaks, and more. From the Christian Science Monitor.

Author:
Huntington , Sharon J.

Publisher:
The Christian Science Monitor

LII Database Information:
Record 24474 created by Maria Brandt on 09/10/2007
Last modification on 09/12/2007
Published: 09/12/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24474