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Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

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Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

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Full title

Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Publisher

England: The Royal Society

Journal title

Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2014-10, Vol.281 (1793), p.20140972-20140972

Language

English

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England: The Royal Society

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Contents

Tool use can be inherited, or acquired as an individual innovation or by social transmission. Having previously reported individual innovative tool use and manufacture by a Goffin cockatoo, we used the innovator (Figaro, a male) as a demonstrator to investigate social transmission. Twelve Goffins saw either demonstrations by Figaro, or ‘ghost’ cont...

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Full title

Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4173672

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4173672

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ISSN

0962-8452

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DOI

10.1098/rspb.2014.0972

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