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Pigs caught on video using tools for the first time
Science mag ^
| October 7, 2019
| Eva Frederick
Posted on 10/31/2019 11:43:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Dolphins, chimpanzees, and crows all use tools to help accomplish tasks. Now, pigs have joined the club, National Geographic reports. For the first time, researchers have caught a species of swine called the Visayan warty pig using pieces of bark as a shovel to move dirt around in their nests. Researchers filmed several of the pigs in captivity as they got their nests ready to welcome piglets in the spring, and observed the animals using tools 11 times over 2 years. The team also sprinkled a few spatulas around the enclosure, in case the pigs might prefer a more easily held tool. For the most part, the swine stuck to natural tools such as bark or sticks, ignoring the spatulas, the team reports in Mammalian Biology. The researchers did not catch wind of any pigs using the tool of political power, however, so readers can rest easy knowing that Animal Farm is still fiction. For now.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs
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To: SunkenCiv
Wow “the view “ has come a long way!
To: teeman8r
“exactly... like all those chipped stones neanderthals presumably “used””
Yep!
The neanderthals who chipped stones were really advanced guys. It is rumored that they named their advanced work area, Silicon Gulch!
They paid for their ACE tools with their pre Colombian Credit cards.
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10/31/2019 2:39:03 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(The line that separated satire, Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (Thanks to jonascord)!)
To: DannyTN
She must be using it on her skull no wonder she’s brain dead it must be a party requirement.
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10/31/2019 2:47:01 PM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: SunkenCiv
They tend not to sleep in that “output” unless the pen is too small. Pigs prefer to have their eating, sleeping and outhouse in totally separate areas.
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10/31/2019 3:20:21 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
To: SunkenCiv
Visayan Warty Pig rocking a mohawk
Dude- Where's my tools?
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posted on
10/31/2019 3:54:43 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
To: Pelham
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posted on
10/31/2019 4:46:33 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Scrambler Bob
Oh, that's just mean. LOL
and I'll huff, and I'll puff, and [hits the plunger]
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10/31/2019 4:49:31 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ronnie raygun
LOL
I should have known this topic was going into overdrive...
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10/31/2019 4:50:04 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: dfwgator
Heh... I remember when that was considered pretty daring for TV.
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10/31/2019 4:51:30 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
10/31/2019 5:06:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Wuli
i guess i’m The tool then... jokes on me...
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10/31/2019 8:12:09 PM PDT
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teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: SunkenCiv
Octopi use tools. Some birds make
and use tools. A northern Australian hawk deliberately carries bits of burning material in its beak to spread dry season brush fires because the flames will send its prey scurrying before the flames. It's the only animal apart from man that uses fire 'creatively.'
Lots of animals probably used tools before man did, we just never spent enough time watching them to notice.
To: Paal Gulli
muslims use knives to cut off people’s heads. Somalians used hammers to beat people in MN with. Seabirds drop oysters on rocks to crack them open. Animals have been using tools for centuries/p>
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10/31/2019 11:07:41 PM PDT
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sport
To: Alas Babylon!; Bloody Sam Roberts; Bob434; BuffaloJack; Bullish; ButThreeLeftsDo; bgill; ...
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10/31/2019 11:18:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: teeman8r
I’ve got rocks rhat were tools. Why not a stick?
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11/01/2019 1:43:12 AM PDT
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gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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