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You only get 1 beak, best to let the ground do the work. I, too, have a blackbird visitor, that does this, it has a favourite stone anvil which is just right t
by deepnet 11y ago
You only get 1 beak, best to let the ground do the work.
I, too, have a blackbird visitor, that does this, it has a favourite stone anvil which is just right to break the snail shells integrity - so it is a tool user.
- bootload 11y ago"You only get 1 beak, best to let the ground do the work." Great observation. This must be a cheap adaption, same technique, different continent. I've seen Crows do similar things. Magpies and Kookaburras also use branches to kill what they catch. Instinctively they smash what they have in their beak on a branch. Have yet to see one use a stick though.