Lesson 4 The Amazing World of Animals
Animals That Use Tools
____ once thought that only humans can use tools.
Now, scientists are finding out that many animals can ____ use tools.
Macaque Monkeys
If ____ go to a Buddhist temple in Lop Buri, Thailand, watch out for the Macaque monkeys.
They may come to you and ____ out your hair.
They use human hair to floss ____ teeth.
If you are lucky, you may see female monkeys that are teaching ____ to their babies.
While the ____ are watching, the female monkeys floss their teeth very slowly.
This ____ the baby monkeys learn to floss.
Octopuses
____ don’t usually think that octopuses are smart.
However, octopuses are very smart, and they can also ____ tools.
____ use coconut shells for protection.
When they ____ find a good hiding place, they hide under coconut shells.
Some octopuses ____ store coconut shells for later use.
They pile the coconut shells and carry them ____ use later.
How ____
Crows
In Aesop’s fable The Thirsty Crow, a ____ drops stones into a jar to raise the level of water.
You may think this is just ____ story, but it is not.
Scientists ____ were studying crows did an experiment.
____ put a jar with water in front of a crow.
A worm was floating on top ____ the water.
However, the water level was low, so ____ crow could not eat the worm.
The ____ solved the problem just as in the fable.
____ dropped stones into the jar.
If you ____ this bird is special, you are wrong.
Scientists did the same experiment with other crows, and they ____ did the same, too.