LETTERS

Tool user?

Posted 5/11/22

To the Editor

It was once thought that man was the only animal who used tools.

Then it was discovered that chimpanzees would use a stick to probe anthills to suck out the ants.

 What …

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LETTERS

Tool user?

Posted

To the Editor

It was once thought that man was the only animal who used tools.

Then it was discovered that chimpanzees would use a stick to probe anthills to suck out the ants.

 What tool is being used when the seagull grabs a clam in its beak and flies high to drop it on a hard surface to break it open?

The Earth.  And everything on it, including you and me.

Who’s the tool user now?

Martin Wickenden

Warwick

letters, editorial

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