Magrus, may I say, I just love your new sig.
I think all animals are capable, of some for or another, of being accused of being able to use tools. A bear will scratch its back on a tree when it has an itch; people have backscratchers, or just use the corner of a wall (like my father). The finch in Lestat's example. There was an intelligence test run on some birds where they actually tested as quite brilliant when it came to using tools or figuring out how to get their food.
I don't remember exactly what point I was going for here, but I do have a question. Does anyone else find it interesting that most animals are born with the tools they need to survive, and yet man is completely naked in that regard? And speaking of naked, no a dog doesn't have to dress itself, but neither do people, either. We just dress up due to this so-called modesty issue we fell into. Also, clothes are supposed to help protect us from the elements (you know, like fur or hair). And yet, some stupid moronic doltish idiots with no brains think it's a status symbol to buy the most expensive or most popular clothes, which are just going to get dirty and thrown out in a few years anyway. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! (Sorry, ranting now
). And the day women start carrying around small plastic grocery bags instead of Prada or Gucci purses is the day they're truly liberated. Is
this our highly-vaunted superiority? Being stupid?