Chimps Hunt with Spears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6387611.stm

"In all but one of the cases, chimps broke off a living branch to make their
tool. They would then trim the side branches and leaves.

In a number of cases, chimps also trimmed the ends of the branch and
stripped it of bark. Some chimps also sharpened the tip of the tool with
their teeth."

On a continual basis I learn of the many things that "animals" can do that
we highly evolved (or created...) beings have historically laid sole claim
to. It makes more sense every day. The move from what we were to what we are
is gradual and full of socialization. Drop a human into a rainforest and
remove the wonderful learning that is received during their life and you
will have nothing greater than a highly intelligent chimp.

If we manage to let go of the high held notion of our wondrous nature we
might truly grasp how wonderful we really are.

Civility among "animals"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16094301/

Bshary and his colleagues followed fish around by snorkeling. They found groupers often visited giant morays resting in their crevices and rapidly shook their heads an inch or so from the eels to recruit them in a joint hunt. At times this call took place after a grouper failed in its hunt because prey escaped into a crevice the grouper could not get into but a giant moray might.