UnderwaterTimes.com | Are Fish Much Smarter Than We Think? Fish Found Using Simple Tool To Smash Shells
"Tool use is inherently difficult underwater, especially for animals that
lack hands, but these fish have found an ingenious solution.
The tusk-fish holds the shell in its mouth, and twists its head violently
to land alternating blows on the shell until it cracks open."
"Here, we present evidence of a black spot tuskfish using a rock as an anvil to open a cockleshell that conforms to (Jane) Goodall's definition of tool use."
What next, a fish with a speargun?? rofl
"Tool use is inherently difficult underwater, especially for animals that
lack hands, but these fish have found an ingenious solution.
The tusk-fish holds the shell in its mouth, and twists its head violently
to land alternating blows on the shell until it cracks open."
"Here, we present evidence of a black spot tuskfish using a rock as an anvil to open a cockleshell that conforms to (Jane) Goodall's definition of tool use."
What next, a fish with a speargun?? rofl