Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Study reveals <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ToolUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolUse</span></a> in tropical <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> species <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-tool-tropical-fish-species.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-</span><span class="invisible">tool-tropical-fish-species.html</span></a></p><p>Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-025-02633-w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s00338-025-02633-w</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Wrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wrasses</span></a> use hard surfaces, also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crabs</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mollusks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mollusks</span></a>... researchers gathered 16 new observations across five species of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Halichoeres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Halichoeres</span></a> wrasses... suggest the behavior is far more common than previously thought."</p>