Newsflash: Insects Use Tools, Too

When you think about animals using tools, you probably don't think about the examples given at the beginning of this video. You think about the Veronika the cow, or maybe Figaro the cockatoo. But yeah, chimps and crows and octopuses use tools as well. Even insects use tools! Stefan Chin of SciShow tells us how various insects use external objects as weapons, grocery bags, glue traps, bait, compactors, and amplifiers. He also goes into the evolving definition of "tool." 

By now, we should completely let go of that outdated theory that tool use is what distinguishes humans from other species. A commenter said,

I remember being taught as a kid that "Man is the only animal that uses tools." More like "Man us the only animal that pretends other animals aren't using tools."

The problem with that is having to come up with a new way to distinguish humans from other animals. -via Laughing Squid