Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Smarter than your average bear
Alex Waroff had a fantastic summer job this year. The veterinary student at Washington State University worked with faculty members as they tested just how clever grizzly bears are. What’s at issue is the use of tools.
“Besides primates, scientists know that certain birds, dolphins, elephants and some other animals use tools,” Waroff told me. “Tool use might seem to be more common in social creatures. Bears are a little hard to categorize in that regard, because they live with their mothers when young, then are solitary as adults.”
Dr. O. Lynne Nelson of WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine ha...
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