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====Mammals==== {{Multiple image | direction = vertical | align = top | header = Series of photographs showing a bonobo fishing for termites | width1 = 200| image1 = BonoboFishing01.jpeg | caption1 = A bonobo inserting a stick into a termite mound | width2 = 200 | image2 = BonoboFishing04.jpeg | caption2 = The bonobo starts "fishing" for the termites. | width3 = 200 | image3 = BonoboFishing02.jpeg | caption3 = The bonobo withdraws the stick and begins eating the termites. | width4 = 200 | image4 = A Bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites.jpg | caption4 = The bonobo eats the termites extracted with the tool. }} Tool use has been reported many times in both wild and captive [[primate]]s, particularly the great apes. The use of tools by primates is varied and includes hunting (mammals, invertebrates, fish), collecting honey, processing food (nuts, fruits, vegetables and seeds), collecting water, weapons and shelter. Research in 2007 shows that chimpanzees in the [[Fongoli]] [[savannah]] sharpen sticks to use as [[spear]]s when hunting, considered the first evidence of systematic use of weapons in a species other than humans.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-chimps-spears.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070224111514/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-chimps-spears.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 24, 2007 | title = Chimps Use "Spears" to Hunt Mammals, Study Says | first = John | last = Roach | name-list-style = vanc | work = National Geographic News | date = February 22, 2007 | access-date = June 12, 2010}}</ref> Other mammals that spontaneously use tools in the wild or in captivity include [[elephant]]s, [[bear]]s, [[cetacean]]s, [[sea otter]]s and [[mongoose]]s.
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