Of rooks and rocks: Birds live up to their fabled reputation

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 17:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Members of the crow family figure out how to use stones to raise the water level -- just as Aesop described. In a modern retelling of one of Aesop's fables, British researchers have shown that members of the crow family can use tools to retrieve a worm that they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach.

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