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A new tool-using bird to crow about
The Hawaiian crow has been revealed as a skilled tool user, confirmed by testing the last members of this endangered species that survive in captivity. The finding suggests its behavior is tantalizingly similar to that of the famous tool-using New Caledonian crow and has implications for the evoluti...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565641/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28364366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13420-017-0262-5 |
| Sumario: | The Hawaiian crow has been revealed as a skilled tool user, confirmed by testing the last members of this endangered species that survive in captivity. The finding suggests its behavior is tantalizingly similar to that of the famous tool-using New Caledonian crow and has implications for the evolution of tool use and intelligence in birds. |
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