Re: Gorrillas use tools, too

Algis Kuliukas:
> 1) What do we define as a tool? To my mind nests are far more
> sophisticated forms of the same phenomenon and yet no-one seems to get
> excited by the sort of things created by some social insects. The fact
> that gorillas are able to use sticks to guage the depth of water and
> for extra support whilst wading should not be surprising.

One can hear such things in AAT Yahoo! group. There, I was talking
about nests in that context. Also about excelent memory of another bird
which I saw in a documentary. Also, I believe it is a crow, who uses car
traffic as a tool. When pedestrians are crossing street, crow drops some nut
on the street. Then cars go over it, and smash that nut. Very smart (I bet
that crow is smarter than me, : )). And that crow didn't learn in school
such things. -- Mario


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