Spanning time.

Triangle-weaver spider (Hyptiotes cavatus) trap springing

Or, why you get mad at your printer…

Sea urchin (Echinoidea) debris wearing

Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) dung baiting

Cleaner fish (Labroides dimidiatus) self-recognition

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) twig fishing

Early reports of ape (Pan, Gorilla, Orangutan) tool-use

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) dead infant carrying

Australian raptor (Milvus, Haliastur & Falco sp.) fire-stick foraging

Dolphins, monkeys & bowerbirds…

Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) sand packing

Ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) rattlesnake deterrence

Honey bee (Apis cerana) nest spotting

Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) feather tucking

Shakespeare vs infinite monkeys

Holophusikon > Leverian > Egyptian Hall

Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) nest sewing

Animal tool use podcast episodes

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble netting

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) shell carrying

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) stick balancing

Myrmicine ant (Aphaenogaster sp.) liquid carrying

Central chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) termite fishing

Homo erectus (Pithecanthropus erectus) shell engraving

A RARE example

Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shell carrying

Defining tool use

Green heron (Butorides striata) bait fishing