Stephen Wessels

Feb 7, 2024 | sapiens.org | Michael Haslam |Bridget Alex |Stephen Wessels |Abigail Desmond

✽A tiny blanket octopus, floating in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, holds venomous jellyfish tendrils along its arms for protection. A macaque on a Thai beach smashes shellfish open with a stone. Searching for a mate, a cricket in southern India carefully carves a hole in a leaf to amplify his love song. Like you—and the device you’re reading this on—these creatures are using tools.