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The ‘Alal uses tools, Climate Change Hammers Hawaii

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Despite considerable speculation, the evolutionary origins of this species’ remarkable tool behaviour remain largely unknown, not least because no naturally tool-using congeners have yet been identified that would enable informative comparisons. Here we show that another tropical corvid, the ‘Alal? ( Although the ‘Alal?

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Comparisons are depicted amongst the different species, showing difference in size and shape; identification points are specific, ranging from the wrinkled skin on the head of the Sperm Whale to the columnar blow of the Blue Whale. I found this all out on websites not affiliated with this book.

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