Pigs Observed Using Tools for the First Time

Meredith Root-Bernstein, an ecologist, observed Visayan pigs for three years at an anthropological museum in Paris. During that time, she saw two mated pigs repeatedly digging in the ground with sticks. The Daily Mail reports:

Whenever nesting season would return, the warty pig would find a stick and burrow, though the pigs didn't shows signs of tool use at any other time during the year.
Over the course of three years, she observe both the mother and father pig using tools a total of 11 times.
As part of her research, she introduced four kitchen spatulas to the pig habitat to see if they might prefer those slightly more efficient tools.
Root-Bernstein observed one pig try the spatula out on two separate occasions, but sticks seemed to be their preferred helper.

It's only a matter of time before they start building and using spears and other weapons once they realize that we humans regard them as food.

-via Dave Barry


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