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Orange-dotted tuskfish, Choerodon anchorago

Orange-dotted tuskfish, Choerodon anchorago, taking a small bivalve (shell) in the mouth. They use to breack this mollusk shells on hard corals. In this process they are using a tool; crack open shellfish, extract food that is out of reach. Tool use by animals is a phenomenon in which an animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, defense, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated level of cognition. There is considerable discussion about the definition of what constitutes a tool and therefore which behaviours can be considered true examples of tool use. A wide range of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, cephalopods, and insects, are considered to use tools. Australia Date: 27-03-2020

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AW-5173 Chimpanzee - Pax watching older brother catch ants

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Chimpanzee - "Pax" watching older brother catch ants
Gombe - Tanzania - Africa
Pan troglodytes
Adrian Warren
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Africa, African, Ant, Ants, Ape, Behaviour, Catching Insects, Chimp, Chimpanzee, Chimpanzees, Chimps, East Africa, Eating, Feeding, Forest, Forests, Intelligence, M Ammals, Male, Mammal, Primate, Primates, Stick, Sticks, Tanzania, Tool, Tools, Using Tools, Wild Life

Chimpanzee - Goblin eating fruit of Conopharyngia holstii, split open on a rock

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Chimpanzee - "Goblin" eating fruit of Conopharyngia holstii, split open on a rock.
Gombe Tanzania.
Pan troglodytes
Adrian Warren
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© Adrian Warren/ardea.com

Africa, African, Ape, Behaviour, Chimpanzee, Chimpanzees, East Africa, Eating, Feeding, Food In Mouth, Fruit, Fruits, Mammal, Primate, Primates, Single, Tanzania, Tool, Tools, Wild Life