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laheina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 12:51 AM
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12. Sure they do.
"still, these animals use existing object as tools - they don't actually create tools"

Actually, they do. In order to fish for termites, there is a learned method for picking the right shape of stick, peeling off the bark, as well as a methodology for the correct ways in which to fish termites out of a hill. And yes, it does take a while to learn.

This is only one example.

This also doesn't take into account some of the social practices of chimps, binobos, and the like.

It's actually extremely interesting.
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