Monkeys cracking nuts on rocks. Call me when they start making fires to cook their meals.
“Call me when they start making fires to cook their meals.”
A National Geographical Article explains how several species of birds of prey in Australia intentionally spread fire as a feeding mechanism. The birds will find a live fire, and pick up a stick and drop it into a flammable area, causing a fire that flushes out prey, leading to easy feeding.
The thought is that this behavior probably started because the birds would naturally benefit from wildfires, and somewhere along the line realized they could spread the fire.
So it’s apparent that humans aren’t the only animals to use fire as a tool. However, I’m not sure if there is any documented case of a wild animal starting fire on their own.
Evolution takes time.
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