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Dec 19, 2024 | science.org | Corinne N. Simonti |Jesse R. Smith |Sacha Vignieri |Jake Yeston |Sumin Jin |Brad Wible | +3 more

Cognition With intentionSacha VignieriOnce thought to be unique to humans, tool use has now been documented across animals, from mammals to birds and even fish and insects. Thus, it should be no surprise that the elephant, a cognitively advanced mammal, would readily make use of a new tool, as documented by Urban et al. Even more interesting was the disruption of one animal’s use of a hose to shower by another, in an apparent act of intentional disruption.