Scientists have documented what may be the first instance of a wild wolf using a tool, according to footage published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Although the intelligence of wolves is well known, the discovery adds to an expanding list of animals capable of manipulating tools to forage for food, a trait once thought to be unique to humans. “It’s not a surprise they have the capacity to do this,” said Kyle Artelle, an ecologist with the State University of New York College of Environme

Researchers captured footage of wild wolves in British Columbia using crab traps to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals. | The Weather Network

Several wolves have been spotted pulling crab traps from waters off Canada’s west coast in what scientists say may be the first documented case of the animals using a tool. | NBC News

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