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Cockatoo tool use

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Wild cockatoos make "cutlery" tools from tree branches

These wild Goffin’s cockatoos whittle tree branches into utensils that they use to open and dig into tropical fruit pits

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The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them

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The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them

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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

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octopus

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Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them

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Mother-pup pair of the neotropical bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in the day-roost. The Pup is attached to the mothers? belly

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Bat pups babble like human babies do in order to practice vocalising

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BH2FJJ A Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) in a defensive posture at dusk, illuminated by car headlights.

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Rattlesnakes use auditory illusion to make us think they are nearby

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Bird magic

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Magic trick reveals sharp memory and future planning in Eurasian jays

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Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick

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Chimpanzees take interest in newborns

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Male chimps with more friends are more likely to have offspring

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A Black Howler monkey

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Howler monkeys navigate using adaptable mental maps, just like humans

Black howler monkeys move through their environment using mental maps that the primates modify and adapt as the landscape changes – a skill previously seen only in humans

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Dolphins spotted trapping fish in mud rings in the Caribbean

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Cockatoos are figuring out how to open bins by copying each other

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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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Some male fish let rivals woo females and then hijack their courtship

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