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Scientists: Crows Have Natural Tool-Making Ability
Reuters ^
| Wed, Jan 12, 2005
Posted on 01/12/2005 10:47:36 AM PST by presidio9
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To: Constitution Day; martin_fierro; Fierce Allegiance
I don't care about Porosity, I wish they'd stop casting Ben Affleck.
To: Fierce Allegiance
Funny how girls grow up - but don't fear, when she's on her own, she'll never get ripped off at a home improvement store or by a contractor!
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posted on
01/12/2005 1:37:43 PM PST
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HenryLeeII
(Democrats have helped kill more Americans than the Soviets and Nazis combined!)
To: Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; presidio9
I wish they'd stop casting Ben Affleck.![](http://www.newyorkish.com/newyorkish/benaffleck_home_depot.jpg)
Stop casting morosity.
To: martin_fierro
To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro
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Cro-Magnon Tool Maker |
Crow Magg** Tool of the Left |
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:01:39 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(So Sheryl walks into a Crow bar, and....)
To: presidio9
I feel that the headline is misleading as the birds did not "make" a tool, but rather used a twig as a tool. Making a tool and using a tool are two different things.
They are smart and I have witnessed their ability in person. The local crows wait at the shopping center for shoppers to park. The birds go up and down the sidewalk parking spots, (in the shade), jump up and eat the fresh bugs off the front of the vehicles and then get a nice cool drink from the condensation puddle under the air conditioner compressor. I have a store front window and see this every business day.
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:15:41 PM PST
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DocRock
To: Tijeras_Slim
How did I work my way off your ping list?
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posted on
01/13/2005 6:10:37 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: DocRock
We've heard much the same thing about chimps and other apes using twigs to catch ants and termites.
IMHO, I wouldn't say an animal uses tools until I see him take out my starter with a nice set of Snap-Ons.
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posted on
01/13/2005 6:17:48 AM PST
by
djf
To: presidio9
"Beans beans, the musical fruit- the more you eat, the more you toot." Zoltan the crow, The Gunslinger (Stephen King).
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posted on
01/19/2005 8:49:40 AM PST
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dware
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