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Tool bending in New Caledonian crows

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dc.contributor.authorRutz, Christian
dc.contributor.authorSugasawa, Shoko
dc.contributor.authorvan der Wal, Jessica Eva Megan
dc.contributor.authorKlump, Barbara Christina
dc.contributor.authorSt Clair, James
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-10T10:30:12Z
dc.date.available2016-08-10T10:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.identifier244399720
dc.identifierc58ba943-9b20-4b30-a3ad-78b6debcbe00
dc.identifier84981513599
dc.identifier000384411000039
dc.identifier.citationRutz , C , Sugasawa , S , van der Wal , J E M , Klump , B C & St Clair , J 2016 , ' Tool bending in New Caledonian crows ' , Royal Society Open Science , vol. 3 , no. 8 , 160439 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160439en
dc.identifier.issn2054-5703
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4452-1177/work/58531621
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-5187-7417/work/60427564
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9283
dc.descriptionFunded through a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship (BB/G023913/1 and /2 to C.R.), and three PhD studentships (JASSO to S.S.; University of St Andrews to J.v.d.W.; BBSRC and University of St Andrews to B.K.).en
dc.description.abstract‘Betty’ the New Caledonian crow astonished the world, when she ‘spontaneously’ bent straight pieces of garden wire into hooked foraging tools. Recent field experiments have revealed that tool bending is part of the species’ natural behavioural repertoire, providing important context for interpreting Betty’s iconic wire-bending feat. More generally, this discovery provides a compelling illustration of how natural history observations can inform lab-based research into the cognitive capacities of non-human animals.
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dc.format.extent557555
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRoyal Society Open Scienceen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.subjectComparative cognitionen
dc.subjectCorvus moneduliodesen
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectInsighten
dc.subjectIntelligenceen
dc.subjectTool useen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.titleTool bending in New Caledonian crowsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorBBSRCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews.School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews.Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews.Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsos.160439
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberBB/G023913/2en


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