Crows craft tools to find hidden food
Intelligent New Caledonian crows craft tools like hooked twigs to extract hidden insects, showcasing remarkable problem-solving abilities and challenging traditional views on animal intelligence.
New Caledonian crows are remarkably intelligent, using tools to extract food from tight spaces. These clever birds fashion sticks into hooks or probes to retrieve insects and larvae from tree bark or leaves, reaching where their beaks cannot. This behavior, first seen in the wild in the late 20th century, shows their advanced problem-solving skills.
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