New Caledonian crows learn the functional properties of novel tool types.

New Caledonian crows were presented with Bird and Emery's (2009a) Aesop's fable paradigm, which requires stones to be dropped into a water-filled tube to bring floating food within reach. The crows did not spontaneously use stones as tools, but quickly learned to do so, and to choose objec...

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Main Authors: Alex H Taylor, Douglas M Elliffe, Gavin R Hunt, Nathan J Emery, Nicola S Clayton, Russell D Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22194779/?tool=EBI