Orangutans (great apes that live in Sumatra and Borneo) use umbrellas! They pluck big leaves off the trees and hold them over their heads to protect themselves from heavy rainfall.
Birds find a meal through thick and thin
Birds find a meal through thick and thin Oystercatchers can tell which side of their
prey’s shell is thinner, which saves them 13 per cent of the
effort needed to open a shell. However, when in doubt, they attack
the right side of the shell. Statistics show that the right side of
a mussel’s shell is thinner about 56 per cent of the time,
but the birds attack that side 72 per cent of the time. “If
in doubt, they go right‿, states the report. JANUARY 8, 2000, P. 12
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