Known for their impressive stick-wielding abilities, New Caledonian crows show preferences when it comes to holding their tools on the right or the left sides of their beaks, in much the same way that people are left or right-handed. Now researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal emCurrent Biology/em on December 4 suggest that those bill preferences allow each bird to keep the tip of its tool in view of the eye on the opposite side of its head. Crows aren't so much left- ...Saturday 6 December 2014
Why are Crows Left or Right Beaked When Wielding Tools?
Known for their impressive stick-wielding abilities, New Caledonian crows show preferences when it comes to holding their tools on the right or the left sides of their beaks, in much the same way that people are left or right-handed. Now researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal emCurrent Biology/em on December 4 suggest that those bill preferences allow each bird to keep the tip of its tool in view of the eye on the opposite side of its head. Crows aren't so much left- ...
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