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Cockatoos were the first birds to carry and use a tool kit tailored to their needs. The capacity to solve issues with various tools is a rare capability in the animal kingdom.
Cockatoos know when it will take a stick and a straw to nab a nut in a puzzle box. The birds join chimps as the only known nonhumans to use a tool kit.