Proto-tool use for food processing in wild Arabian babblers: matching processing methods, substrates and prey types

Abstract Cognition is a powerful adaptation, enabling animals to utilise resources that are unavailable without manipulation. Tool use and food processing are examples of using cognition to overcome the protective mechanisms of food resources. Here, we describe and examine the flexibility of proto-t...

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Main Authors: Yitzchak Ben Mocha, Francesca Frisoni, Oded Keynan, Michael Griesser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2024-04-01
Series:Animal Cognition
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-01866-6
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