Tool bending in New Caledonian crows

‘Betty’ the New Caledonian crow astonished the world when she ‘spontaneously’ bent straight pieces of garden wire into hooked foraging tools. Recent field experiments have revealed that tool bending is part of the species' natural behavioural repertoire, providing important context for interpre...

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Main Authors: Christian Rutz, Shoko Sugasawa, Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Barbara C. Klump, James J. H. St Clair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2016-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160439