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Kanzi is a one of the coolest apes I have ever had the pleasure of reading about. Look him up!

Kanzi the bonobo chimp learns to create tools by himself - repeating humanity’s first steps towards civilisation | Mail Online

On Assignment: Monkeys Use Stones to Crack Open Nuts

In the Brazilian Cerrado, a National Geographic explorer is studying how bearded capuchin monkeys learned to expertly use stone tools to crack open palm nuts.

by National Geographic.

http://blessphemy.tumblr.com/post/82581876262/k0ratta-alright-listen-up-tumblr-see-this

ALRIGHT LISTEN UP TUMBLR

SEE THIS BIRD HERE?

this bird is a new caledonian crow

AND this “bird brain” may be the most intelligent animal on earth.

oh what’s that you say? what about the other intelligent animals?

Dolphins? naw

Great apes? take a back seat

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Tools are and have always been an extension of ourselves. There is no reason that computers and global networking are any different. It's just a tool that the human species use on a planet with so many, diverse tool-users.

I don't have the words to describe how much I love this person's thinking.

Amber Case - We Are All Cyborgs Now

via mirkokosmos