Study reveals #ToolUse in tropical #fish species https://phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-tool-tropical-fish-species.html
Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-025-02633-w
"#Wrasses use hard surfaces, also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as #crabs and #mollusks... researchers gathered 16 new observations across five species of #Halichoeres wrasses... suggest the behavior is far more common than previously thought."
We often think of the stone age as being uniquely human, but we're not the only animal to use stone tools. In fact, mounting evidence of ancient stone tool use in animals is even calling some archaeological finds into question. My latest for @sciencefocus:
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/are-we-the-only-species-to-go-through-the-stone-age #Archaeology #AnimalBehaviour #ToolUse