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animal tool use: a standalone construct

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Animal behaviour

the use of an external, unattached object by an animal to change the form, position or condition of another object, organism or itself.

In animal behaviour, animal tool use refers to the use of an external, unattached object by an animal to change the form, position or condition of another object, organism or itself. This meaning comes from Shumaker (2011) in Animal Tool Behavior.[1]

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References

Shumaker, R. (2011). Animal Tool Behavior. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1353/book.98237

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