Necessity is the mother of invention for clever birds (w/Videos)

Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools in a sequence. The results are published on-line this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news162491096.html">Necessity is the mother of invention for clever birds (w/Videos)</a></p> <p>Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools in a sequence. The results are published on-line this week in the journal <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</i></p>