Filed under: Health & Training | Equine Science Update It used to be thought that using tools was one of the things that set us apart from the animal kingdom. However, it is now known that some species use tools. Reports include chimps using sticks to reach food, sea otters using stones to break open shellfish and even elephants deactivating an electric fence by dropping rocks on it. What about horses? Konstanze Krueger and co-workers conducted an investigation into “unusual” behaviour in horses.
