Brandon Keim over at Wired Science has compiled a list of some of "the most interesting animal tool use yet observed".
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/animaltools.html
...after digging a water hole, elephants will strip bark from a tree, chew it into a ball, then use it to fill the hole. Once the top has been covered with sand, the elephant has an evaporation-resistant canteen.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/animaltools.html
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Bales of hay had been stacked 10feet beyond their outdoor enclosure and the bull decided he REALLY wanted it. He studied the situation (you could see him working the problem) and tried everything he could to get the lever between the gate and the padlock chain.
He tried everything he could but did not have the dexterity and could not get the leverage he needed to pop it. He finally got frustrated and gave up, but it was fascinating to watch him actually fashion a tool.
(BTW: this was when the zoo was run by Jack Hannah who we had seen working with them since he was a teenager.)
Now off my high horse.
here is your answer :
"they are civil enough not to poop in the station. we humans should be ashamed of ourselves for littering everywhere."
You tied that up very nicely. Thanks :)
If they want to control their feral dog population, they could adopt a program to capture and neuter/spay as many of the dogs as they can.
Also educate people about doing that to pets and not releasing them in to the wild when they're no longer wanted.
I glanced past your comment really quickly and thought you said they should capture and neuter spy dogs...that would be a very interesting comment about dogs in the USSR.
Couldn't take the bus, cause there were stray dogs in the bus... not really. I hate dogs
And I have to say that many stations are quite beautiful, as well.
If they want to control their feral dog population, they could adopt a program to capture and neuter/spay as many of the dogs as they can.
Also educate people about doing that to pets and not releasing them in to the wild when they're no longer wanted.
Yes, but there are 35,000 stray dogs in Moscow, how are you going to do that? Only 500 live in subway stations, and of them, only 20 ride the trains. A few even take the escalators. Above ground they have been seen crossing the street with the signals.