Chimps with tool kits.

• Position: Science - Brief Article

Chimpanzees living in the wild have been videotaped using "tool kits" consisting of sticks tailored to specific tasks. While other species, like crows and the great apes, have been observed using simple tools, chimps are apparently the first (besides humans) found to use different tools for different jobs. Researchers Crickette Sanz of Washington University in St. Louis, Dave Morgan of Cambridge University in England, and Steve Gulick of Wildland Security videotaped chimps in Africa's Congo Basin as the animals sought out a favorite delicacy--termites. The chimps used three distinct tools: a heavy puncturing stick, a lightweight perforating stick, and a flexible fishing stick. A chimp...