Smithsonian Study Reveals Tool-Using Sea Otters Not Closely Related
March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release:
Tool use by sea otters to break open well-armored food is not necessarily a family matter, according to a new study published this week by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and partners (http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/13/3/20160880). Unlike previous research that has found that a group of tool-using Indio-Pacific bottlenose dolphins share a . . .
Tool use by sea otters to break open well-armored food is not necessarily a family matter, according to a new study published this week by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and partners (http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/13/3/20160880). Unlike previous research that has found that a group of tool-using Indio-Pacific bottlenose dolphins share a . . .