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Study reveals #ToolUse in tropical #fish species phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-

Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses link.springer.com/article/10.1

"#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:
sciencefocus.com/news/are-we-t #Archaeology #AnimalBehaviour #ToolUse

BBC Science Focus Magazine · The 50,000 year old mystery of stone tools: Were they made by monkeys?