Do dolphins use tools?
Some bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, wear marine sponges on their snouts to protect them while digging for food. The habit is mostly passed from mothers to their offspring.
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Tool use facts and facts about tool uses.
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Do monkeys use stone tools?
Capuchin monkeys use stones to crack nuts, and archaeologists in Brazil found evidence that they've been doing it for at least 3,000 years.
What did Jane Goodall discover about chimpanzees?
In 1960, Jane Goodall saw a chimpanzee she named David Greybeard using a grass stem to "fish" for termites, proving that humans weren't the only animals that make and use tools.
Do octopuses use tools?
The coconut octopus carries coconut shells around and uses them as portable shelters, one of the first known examples of tool use in invertebrates.
Do sea otters use tools?
Sea otters use rocks to crack open shellfish and may keep a favorite rock in a pouch under their arm.