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Cockatoos can tell when they need more than one tool to swipe a snack

Besides chimps, the birds are the only known nonhumans to use a tool kit

A photo of a white cockatoo flying towards a clear glass box with a cashew hiding behind a thin piece of paper.

Figaro, a Goffin’s cockatoo, carries a stick and a straw as part of his tool kit to nab a cashew placed behind a thin piece of paper inside a box.

THOMAS SUCHANEK

By Erin Garcia de Jesús

Forget screwdrivers or drills. A stick and a straw make for a great cockatoo tool kit.