#corvus moneduloides

[birds-in-trees]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt

[fabfuta1234]

DinApril Day 16: A dinosaur that can use tools (that your father saw).

Welcome to DinApril 2026, where instead of recycling my list from last year, I made my father come up with the dinosaurs! Our sixteenth day features a dinosaur that can use tools: Corvus brachyrhynchos! A female American crow has, in a reference to this experiment, figured out how to solve an Aesop's task apparatus to get a cheese puff. Two males commentate in the background.

I was having trouble coming up with something for this prompt until I found the aforementioned paper, which talked about how female American crows are more likely to use tools than males. The ensuing commentary on gender roles was the logical conclusion.

Coloration inspired by the actual animal.

[birds-that-screm]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt

[allblackbirds]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt

[corvid-mania]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt

[fabfuta1234]

DinApril Day 16: A dinosaur that can use tools.

Welcome to DinApril 2024! Our sixteenth day features a dinosaur that can use tools: Corvus moneduloides! This male is very proud of his tool, which is a stick. This meme format is still relevant, right?

The New Caledonian crow is the only dinosaur out there that we can safely say is able to invent tools and share them with its family group, in addition to making compound tools by sticking up to four sticks together. Clearly a purveyor of the Long Stick™.

Coloration inspired by the actual animal.

[corvid-mania]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt

[corvid-mania]

New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

© Jörg Hanoldt