It is fully known that we humans break open many food items like coconuts when doing prayer and during other processions.
But, in the world of animals there are animals who have the habit of breaking open things when hungry.
Mongooses who are talented for killing snakes even the venomous ones also boast another talent which is cracking open hard eggs. Yes and they do it by holding the egg through their hind legs and cracking it against a hard surface. It not only sounds weird but also one would go into thoughts about its position while doing that.
Primates like monkeys really deserve to be in this category. Thanks to their intelligence. In case of these animals, the Capuchin monkeys of tropical American rain forests are genius in these tasks breaking open nuts and other creatures namely crustaceans like crabs by banging them against a rock or any hard surface.
Raptors (birds of prey) are quite crafty in using these techniques. The bearded vulture is known to throw bones from heights to let the bone crack open for bone marrow. Another raptor, the Egyptian vulture tosses stones to crack open hard shelled eggs.
Finally, the most eminent animal of this technique is the sea otter. The iconic way these animals float makes us think that their backs are more akin to swimming tubes for sitting and floating. When hungry, these marine mammals take a shell from their pouch and a stone on which they hit it to feed on the soft meat which is inside the shell. How remarkable! Check out the link below to see its remarkable feeding technique.
http://www.arkive.org/sea-otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne08b.html
Its quite fascinating to see these animals using these remarkable techniques for their survival.
But, in the world of animals there are animals who have the habit of breaking open things when hungry.
Mongooses who are talented for killing snakes even the venomous ones also boast another talent which is cracking open hard eggs. Yes and they do it by holding the egg through their hind legs and cracking it against a hard surface. It not only sounds weird but also one would go into thoughts about its position while doing that.
Primates like monkeys really deserve to be in this category. Thanks to their intelligence. In case of these animals, the Capuchin monkeys of tropical American rain forests are genius in these tasks breaking open nuts and other creatures namely crustaceans like crabs by banging them against a rock or any hard surface.
Raptors (birds of prey) are quite crafty in using these techniques. The bearded vulture is known to throw bones from heights to let the bone crack open for bone marrow. Another raptor, the Egyptian vulture tosses stones to crack open hard shelled eggs.
Finally, the most eminent animal of this technique is the sea otter. The iconic way these animals float makes us think that their backs are more akin to swimming tubes for sitting and floating. When hungry, these marine mammals take a shell from their pouch and a stone on which they hit it to feed on the soft meat which is inside the shell. How remarkable! Check out the link below to see its remarkable feeding technique.
http://www.arkive.org/sea-otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne08b.html
Its quite fascinating to see these animals using these remarkable techniques for their survival.
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