17 August 2007

why not turn it around the other way?





Instead of

Crows wield tools with human-like skill

why not

Humans wield tools with crow-like skill

and flatter the nonhumans for a change?



…from the New Scientist article:

New Caledonian crows, famed for their tool-making skills, can also use tools to manipulate other tools. Such “metatool” use shows that the crows have the brainpower to apply their skills to a completely new situation and plan ahead to solve a task, researchers believe.…

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