The American Alligator and tool use! Yes, tool use! We've seen this in many primates, a few other mammals, several bird species, the octopus and now in a reptile. It seems to be a much more common phenomenon then anyone would have expected.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2013/11/30/tool-use-in-crocs-and-gators/
Be sure to read to the end to see the list of some of the other amazing things we've discovered alligators doing. They really are wicked cool animals.
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