Crows Using Tools on Video

Neurophilosophy has posted an article and video regarding tool-use in wild crows being caught on video for the first time.

An excerpt from the article and the video:

For example, one of the crows observed in the study used at least 3 different tools while foraging for food in loose substrate on the ground. The tool was transported from one site to another, and discarded briefly while the crow used its beak. Use of the tool was then resumed.

This film shows the crows making tools from what appears to a dry, grass-like stem. Prior to this study, crows had never been seen using this material for tool-making.

This video is pretty phenomenal in what it is exhibiting. I imagine we will begin seeing proof of many other animals’ tool-use, along with other heretofore unknown habits.